Katherine Clark

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as House Republicans push ahead with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim GOP spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the government.
 
The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo

 
FILE—Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions from reporters after presenting his final version of an interim pending bill to his caucus, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump has now abruptly rejected the bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown. Instead, he's telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

 
Temporary House leader Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Republicans try to elect Jordan in a second ballot to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House speaker live updates | Next round of voting set for Thursday after Jordan comes up short again

 
FILE - Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., reads her favorite children's book, "King Bidgood's in the Bathtub," to preschoolers, including Diego Bicente, 4, left, and Anh Tang, 4, at the Denise Louie Education Center in the International District neighborhood of Seattle, March 25, 2013. Democrats in Congress are pushing for a new round of money to keep the nation’s child care industry afloat, saying thousands of programs are at risk of closing when federal pandemic relief runs out this month. (Bettina Hansen/The Seattle Times via AP, File)

With thousands of child care programs at risk of closing, Democrats press for more money

 

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