The Washington Report

House and Senate have five days to pass a bill funding the government; will they get it done? … GOP-led House Oversight Committee subpoenas Hunter and James Biden, son and brother to the president of hte United States … minor, but only minor, movement on Biden’s request for $106 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the southern border … all this and more.

House and Senate are back, government funding expires 11/17, and no one has yet discussed publicly whether or not Congress will pass another short-term Continuing Resolution to keep the government open — House Republicans will discuss this in Conference on Tuesday … House passes an Israel-only, IRS-rescission-funded emergency supplemental spending bill, but it’s DOA in the Senate … House Oversight...

The House FINALLY elects a new Speaker! … then the House gets back to work and passes another appropriations bill … up this week, another three approps bills in the House and a three-bill “minibus” in the Senate … will Biden’s request for $106 billion in emergency spending on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and the border make it through Congress in one piece? … More guilty pleas in the GA election inter...

Biden gives a rotten speech and asks Congress for $105 billion in supplemental funds for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the border, but Republicans aren’t convinced … two plea deals in GA Trump case, but neither one is found guilty of the RICO conspiracy charge … illegal immigration is worse than ever, and CBP now warns of Islamic terrorists crossing our border … how’s that contest to select a new S...

The Senate is back in town, and so is the House — or is it? We’ll find out Tuesday … the US needs a new ambassador to Israel, but is Jack Lew the guy? Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton says no … what’s the latest on the contest for Speaker of the House? Will Jim Jordan earn the 217 votes he needs to get the House a new Speaker? … all this and more

Congress avoids a temporary, partial government shutdown by a healthy margin in both houses; what was the hubbub about, anyway? … continued aid to Ukraine is on the line … liberal lioness Dianne Feinstein dies at 90, and CA Gov. Gavin Newsom fills the seat with a black female, as he promised … updates on Biden crime family saga and the Biden impeachment inquiry … all this and more.

The clock is ticking on a government shutdown — less than one week left. What’s the latest? … Special Counsel Jack Smith tries to muzzle former President Trump … what’s the truth about US aid to Ukraine? … fact-checkers are rewriting their Biden-Ukraine narrative in light of new facts brought to light by Just the News … New Mexico’s Governor thinks the Constitution doesn’t apply … Hunter Biden is...

House and Senate return from August recess a third of the way through September, to find a spending crisis staring them in the face … Dem mayors and governors learn the hard way that chickens have a tendency to come home to roost, at least when it comes to illegal immigration … Joe BIden used three different alias emails when he was VP! Who knew? … Can the 14th Amendment bar President Trump from a...

Whatever happened to Biden’s Iran nuclear arms deal negotiator, the one who lost his security clearance? … Illegal immigration is rising again, no matter what the Biden Administration says … Can the Constitution really prevent Donald Trump from serving again as president? A Florida lawyer thinks so, and sues to get an answer … Bombshell stories in the NYT and Politico reveal Hunter Biden’s lawyers...

The Congressional Budget Office has a new projection out for the FY 2023 deficit, and it’s a doozy — up $200 billion in just two months! … a win for Donald Trump in his court fight against special counsel Jack Smith … House Oversight issues another Biden Crime Family memo, revealing $20 million FROM FOREIGN SOURCES WHILE JOE BIDEN WAS VICE PRESIDENT … AG Merrick Garland throws a curve ball, and ap...

What’s up with the Biden Administration’s claims on lower illegal immigration numbers? … Three House committee chairmen want to know more from the DOJ about that sketchy Hunter Biden plea deal … Hunter’s forme business partner Devon Archer gave a transcribed interview to House Oversight and Accountability that blows Joe Biden’s lies out of the water … Special Counsel Jack Smith indicts Trump AGAIN...

House and Senate are gone until September — what awaits them when they return? … Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su has now waited longer for a confirmation vote than any cabinet nominee ever — will she ever get a vote? … State Dept gives House an update on the Biden envoy to Iran who lost his security clearance, but doesn’t say much … Hunter’s sweetheart plea deal blows up in the courtroomo; what’s...

House and Senate begin consideration of the annual defense policy bill … Dems attack the Supreme Court, another Democrat (a Kennedy, no less!), and the First Amendment … Texas becomes largest GOP-led state to leave ERIC … IRS whistleblowers blow the doors off testimony before House Oversight … Grassley releases the FBI document with allegations of a $5 million bribe paid to Joe Biden, and you can...

House passes massive defense policy bill with lots of conservative amendments, now the Senate takes up its own version … Judge Doughty denies DOJ request to stay his order blocking comms between fed govt agencies and social media companies, so DOJ immediately appeals to 5th Circuit — will this go to SCOTUS? … new Hunter laptop email from 2015 reveals “ultimate purpose” of his million-dollar-a-year...

House and Senate return for three weeks of work before heading out for the August recess, and it’s all about the spending, spending, spending … SCOTUS issues major rulings on affirmative action, free speech, congressional redistricting, and the unconstitutionality of President Biden’s student loan debt payoff scam … a federal judge blocks the federal government from talking to social media compani...

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees are on a collision course over FY 24 spending levels — government shutdown to come? … China has been using Cuba as a spy base for years, and now they’re talking about a joint military training facility with thousands of Chinese troops less than 100 miles from U.S. shores? … Special Counsel John Durham testifies before Congress … Hunter Biden agrees to...

House Oversight Chair Comer threatens FBI Director Wray with contempt of Congress charge and finally gets his hands on a tip from a confidential informant that says that as vice president, Joe Biden took a $5 million bribe from a foreigner in exchange for policy action … 11 House conservatives take down a rule unexpectedly to demonstrate their influence over the course of House proceedings, in cas...

New documents reveal DHS Secretary Mayorkas has been using taxpayer dollars to target conservatives, Christians, Republicans, and Tea Party supporters, and equates them with Nazis … House and Senate pass a bill to suspend the debt ceiling and do other things, but not much of what conservatives wanted … an IRS whistleblower outs himself and sits for an interview with CBS News, charges political inf...

What’s the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations? And what’s up with all this talk of President Biden using the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to bypass Congress and continue issuing debt on his own? … IRS whistleblower’s lawyers say he and his entire investigative team just got removed from the investigation, at the request of the DOJ … a federal judge in Florida smacks the Biden Administra...

The House passes a huge border security and immigration and asylum reform bill as Title 42 is lifted and tens of thousands crash the border … House Oversight Committee releases interim report on the Biden Crime Family showing millions of dollars received from foreign nationals, but no clue of what the payments were in exchange for … Dianne Feinstein returns to DC; will Schumer tee up the Julie Su...

House and Senate leaders will sit with President Biden to discuss the debt ceiling, finally … the House will take up a border security/asylum reform bill dubbed H.R. 2 by the House GOP leadership … is the FBI hiding a witness document alleging Joe Biden was involved in a pay-to-play scheme in which he took money for a policy favor? … all this and more

House GOP surprises the DC Establishment and passes a debt ceiling bill that saves three bucks for every buck in increased borrowing authority; how will Dems respond? … Biden’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Labor Secretary nominee advances, but with Feinstein still absent, will Schumer risk a floor vote? … House GOP preps a massive illegal immigration/border security package for floor acti...

Major news: a senior IRS official has asked Congress for whistleblower protection to discuss how political considerations have infected the Hunter Biden investigation … Remember that letter from 51 “Intelligence Community professionals” that said the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation? Turns out it wasn’t spontaneous — it was generated from inside the Biden campaign! … House GOP...

House and Senate return from their two-week Easter recess, and inquiring minds want to know — how soon can we get them out of town again? … House Republicans begin to figure out what spending cuts they’ll demand in exchange for raising the debt ceiling … CBO says government is spending money MUCH faster than anticipated even a year ago, so this year’s deficit is already 60 PERCENT HIGHER than proj...

The House passes a major energy bill; will it move in the Senate? … it looks like AG Garland lied to Congress … Sen. Tuberville plays hardball with the Pentagon over taxpayer-funded abortion … Social Security and Medicare are running out of money … SO MUCH on the Trump indictment … all this and more.