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Jennifer Scholtes

Jennifer Scholtes

Budget & Appropriations Reporter at POLITICO Pro

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Johnson faces make-or-break moment on Ukraine aid as pressure mounts - POLITICO

“Pushing it off past next Friday is reckless, and I’ve made that clear,” the GOP Armed Services chair said. More delays are likely.
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Johnson sells GOP 'victories' in marketing his first bipartisan fun...

The House and Senate are expected to pass the six-bill package in the coming days, fully funding many federal agencies after more than a year of feuding.
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Johnson gets real about funding leverage as shutdown looms - POLITICO

On a private call Friday night, the speaker briefed House Republicans on his negotiating position headed into a weekend of intense funding talks.
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Detention and that border 'shutdown': What's really in Biden's bipa...

Breaking down 12 major points in the border deal, including the parameters of a border shutdown, increased visas and work permits for asylum seekers.
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Senate passes funding patch as Johnson bats down last-minute conser...

The House is expected to clear the bill as soon as Thursday night.
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House conservatives weaponize debt deal, backed by Trump adviser - ...

Conservatives who fought the summertime bipartisan agreement now see it as a boost. And they’re getting coaching from Donald Trump’s former budget chief.
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Dems see a big upside to Johnson's conservative funding push ... - ...

The new speaker has leaned into the right flank’s spending crusade, giving House Democrats plenty of election messaging on cuts to education, Amtrak, LGBTQ policies and abortion rights.

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Senate hustles to break GOP blockade ahead of Friday shutdown ... -...

Several Republicans continue to block swift passage of a stopgap government funding bill, demanding votes on vaccine mandates.
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Congress declares ‘bipartisan breakthrough’ on government funding

Congressional leaders reached an overarching agreement Wednesday to boost military and non-defense budgets.
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How 14 policies could survive — or die — after Manchin's 'no' - POL...

Despite his clear opposition to enacting President Joe Biden’s $1.7T social spending package, the West Virginia senator actually likes a slew of individual policies in the plan, giving Democrats hope for turning some of those ideas into law.
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Congress could face mid-December debt disaster, Yellen warns - POLI...

Yellen told congressional leaders on Tuesday that she has “a high degree of confidence” that her department will be able to finance the government through Dec. 15.