Aidan Quigley
STORY ANGLES - Focuses on government processes and legislative gridlocks, particularly in budget and funding contexts. - Highlights partisan conflicts and their implications on governance and policy outcomes.
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- Aug 8, 2026
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- Aug 2, 2026
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Funding patch passes Senate to head off fall shutdown (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON – The Senate easily passed a bipartisan continuing resolution early Saturday morning, likely easing the traditional September rush to head off a partial government shutdown in October. On a lopsided vote of 90-6, the Senate passed a measure that would extend current funding through Dec. 11, giving lawmakers about 10 extra weeks to complete full-year appropriations bills for fiscal 2027. But the bill still requires a vote in the House, which won’t be back in session until the first wee
Funding patch passes Senate to head off fall shutdown (opens the original)
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The Senate easily passed a bipartisan continuing resolution early Saturday morning, likely easing the traditional September rush to head off a partial government shutdown in October. On a lopsided vote of 90-6, the Senate passed a measure that would extend current funding through Dec. 11, giving lawmakers about 10 extra weeks to complete full-year appropriations bills for fiscal 2027. But the bill still requires a vote in the House, which won’t be back in session until the first week of Septembe
Republicans punt budget for reconciliation package into the fall (opens the original)
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Senate Republicans abandoned plans Friday night to try to take up a budget resolution for a third reconciliation package, bowing to the reality that they lacked enough votes for it. The decision to scrap a planned procedural vote on the budget came after a late-night meeting in Majority Leader John Thune’s office with key senators and a phone call with President Donald Trump. Trump had urged the Senate for weeks not to leave town for the August recess before making headway on a reconciliation pa
Kay Granger, trailblazing Texas congresswoman, dead at 83 (opens the original)
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Former House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, the first Republican woman to lead the powerful spending committee, has died at the age of 83. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced her death in a Sunday night post on X, calling her a “dear friend who will be greatly missed.” “Throughout her career, she broke barriers for women in public service,” Johnson wrote. Granger was the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee from 2018 to 2024, serving as the chairwoman after Republicans won c
Kay Granger, trailblazing Texas congresswoman, dead at 83 (opens the original)
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Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, conducts a House Appropriations Committee markup in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 18, 2023.
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