Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, discusses DOGE and the Republicans' slim House majority on 'The Big Money Show.'
pulled off what some members feared they couldn’t and defended their majority in the 2024 elections — but that slim control appears poised to winnow down to a one-seat majority at the start of next year,
Wife of UnitedHealthcare CEO says her husband had been receiving 'some threats' prior to fatal shooting That gives Republicans no wiggle room to push their agenda through the House of Representatives, which has historically been home to a rather unruly caucus that feuded bitterly in the past, having jettisoned its leader, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy , last year.
Next year, Congress will also have to grapple with another debt ceiling row, the 2017 Trump-championed tax cuts expiring and expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act expiring as well. Still, in the past, the Senate had often been the hang-up when it comes to pushing through prized, partisan legislation. That’s because of the 60-vote margin needed to overcome a filibuster.using the reconciliation process in which the Senate can wrangle through legislation without overcoming the filibuster if it pertains to the budget.Specifically, Thune pitched one bill to deal with energy, defense, and the border that Congress will aim to pass around Trump’s first month in office.
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