Senate Homeland Approps RM Katie Britt not ruling out extra funding for Secret Service in CR. “It can definitely include something for Secret Service, but we have to make sure the funding is going in the right places.”

Scoop: Watchdogs for the State Department and Pentagon are preparing to release investigations scrutinizing Biden’s arms transfers to Israel following complaints that the billions of dollars in arms exports have violated U.S. laws and regulations

Trump doubles down on GOP forcing a shutdown over voter registration ID bill.

As ‘Super Bowl of taxes’ looms in 2025, progressives urge Congress to ensure fairness Story by Ashley Murray newsfromthestates.com/article/super-…

Teamsters won’t endorse either candidate in presidential race, reports Jacob Fischler newsfromthestates.com/article/teamst…

Harris blasts Trump deportation pledge as poll shows a majority of voters support it, reports Ariana Figueroa newsfromthestates.com/article/harris…

Reps. Mike Kelly and Jason Crow says Secret Service told them during today's briefing that after July 13 Biden ordered that Harris and Trump got a level of security "commensurate" with a presidential level of security. That level of security, they added, was in place on Sunday

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House votes 202-220-2 to reject Republican's six-month stopgap spending bill that carried a separate bill that would have required proof of citizenship to register to vote. Govt shutdown in 12 days w/o a bipartisan stopgap spending bill agreement.

Government shutdown deadline nearing as U.S. House stumbles on stopgap spending bill  newsfromthestates.com/article/govern…

Schumer, once again, calls on Speaker Johnson to begin bipartisan negotiations on a stopgap funding bill.

Via Jennifer Shutt: Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, though leaders in the Republican House and Democratic Senate haven’t felt the need to start negotiations just yet. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/19/gov…

Rep. Brittany Peterson announces she's 20 weeks pregnant, and proposes Rule changes to accommodate members who have given birth: "Since the establishment of Congress in 1789, there have been 12,500 members to have served in this body...just 12 have given birth during their term."

Emails reveal how Walz struggled to deal with unrest after police killings Story from Minnesota Reformer ProPublica minnesotareformer.com/2024/09/19/ema…

New — Sen. Hawley says he’s been talking directly with Speaker Johnson for the last two weeks and they’re close to a deal on RECA reauthorization. Details still being worked out, but Hawley is optimistic it could get done soon. The House let the program lapse in June.

Senate approves plan to give $3B to Veterans Affairs to cover surprise funding gap, prevent delay in vets benefits next month. Biden is expected to sign it into law quickly. Full story here: militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/…

Leader Schumer filed cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 1555, the legislative vehicle for a continuing resolution.