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FILE – Damage from Hurricane Helene near Asheville, N.C., is seen during an aerial tour for President Joe Biden, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden seeks nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton

November 18, 2024 at 2:34 p.m.

President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters, telling lawmakers that the money is “urgently needed.”

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Speaker Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain in job, faces full House vote in new year

November 13, 2024 at 3:36 p.m.

Rep. Mike Johnson won the House Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden speaks at a memorial service for Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who died Oct. 10, 2024 at age 96, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

President Biden eulogizes Ethel Kennedy as ‘hero’ who put her own stamp on country

October 16, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.

President Joe Biden eulogized the late Ethel Kennedy in deeply personal terms at a memorial service Wednesday, hailing the wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy as “a hero...

A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands watch as lawmakers leave the House of Representatives after voting on an interim spending bill to avoid a government shutdown next week, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

After a chaotic Congress, lawmakers head home to ask voters: How about another term?

September 28, 2024 at 3:02 p.m.

Taken together, the lack of big-ticket accomplishments is underscoring a volatile November election season, with control of Congress a toss-up.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is followed by reporters as he walks to the House Chamber for a vote on an interim spending bill to avoid a government shutdown next week, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress passes temporary bill to avoid shutdown as lawmakers punt spending decisions to December

September 25, 2024 at 5:39 p.m.

Congress on Wednesday passed a temporary measure that keeps government agencies funded into December, avoiding a shutdown for now while punting final spending decisions until after the Nov. 5 election.

FILE – Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks to a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December

September 22, 2024 at 5:28 p.m.

Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months.

House rejects government funding bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters

September 18, 2024 at 6:09 p.m.

The House on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that would have linked temporary funding for the federal government with a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks to a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Speaker Mike Johnson pulls a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown

September 11, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months.

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offers remarks following the Senate Democrats policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, July 30, 2024, in Washington. Schumer is daring Republicans to vote against a bipartisan tax cut package aimed at expanding the child tax credit for million of families and restoring some business tax breaks. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

August 1, 2024 at 5:41 p.m.

A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday.

Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to board Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on July 24, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AP)

Volunteers and donations surge into Democratic campaigns with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the ticket

July 26, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.

Congressional Democrats in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and beyond are seeing an outpouring of volunteers to help Vice President Kamala Harris.

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