US EditionCongress returns to Venezuela clash, a shutdown deadline and a health care fight
Congress faces urgent votes on Venezuela military action, government funding by Jan. 30, and restoring Affordable Care Act subsidies for 22 million Americans.
- This week, Congress returns to Washington to resume business after the holiday recess and confront a substantial to-do list on Capitol Hill.
- By Jan. 30, Congress must fund the government or face a partial shutdown since four of the 12 appropriations bills are already passed.
- A House discharge petition backed by Democrats and four Republicans will force a vote on a three-year extension of expired ACA subsidies for 22 million people.
- After President Donald Trump announced a large strike and claimed Nicolás Maduro was captured, Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, argued, `There is no legal justification in the Constitution... that would authorize the president to wage war... without coming to Congress.`
- The Epstein Files Transparency Act required DOJ to release files by Dec. 19, but Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said releases will be phased, while senators seek an audit and legal actions.
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Lawmakers return to Washington facing Venezuela concerns, shutdown threat
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are returning to Washington this week confronting the fallout from the stunning capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — and familiar complaints about the Trump administration deciding to bypass Congress on military operations that have led to…
Is Congress facing another shutdown threat? Here’s what to know.
After a record-long government shutdown that ended in November, Congress faces another funding deadline just two months later. Federal lawmakers are trying to avoid another closure that would lead to furloughs of thousands of federal workers and a pause in some government operations. But the consequences wouldn’t likely be as significant as the one in the fall because a few agencies already have full-year funding through the end of September. Fu…
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