The Washington Report

House and Senate finally pass a full-year funding bill for about a third of the government, but leave the hard work for later … what about President Biden’s State of the Union address? … SCOTUS says it will hear arguments on April 25 in a key Trump case, which may delay trial until AFTER the election … should the government ban TikTok? Looks like it’s going to … all this and more.

The Supreme Court overrules the Colorado Supreme Court and puts Trump back on the CO primary ballot … House and Senate come to agreement on spending levels, then pass a FOURTH Continuing Resolution to buy yet more time to — negotiate spending bills! … Mayorkas is still waiting to be tried in the Senate … Mitch McConnell announces he will step down as Senate GOP Leader after November election … all this and more.

House and Senate are back in town, with just days to pass another governent funding bill, or risk a temporary partial shutdown … Hunter Biden’s lawyers file bold motions to demand dismissal of the case against him, and former President Trump’s lawyers will be watching closely … Biden folloiws up Navalny’s death with more than 500 new sanctions against Russia, but will they have an impact? … Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su is back, but will she ever get a floor vote? … remember the name “Jose Ibarra,” he’s about to become the 2024 version of the 1988 campaign’s “Willie Horton” … all this and more.

House and Senate are in recess at last … the Senate passes a foreign aid/national security bill with no changes to border policy, but Speaker Johnson says it’s a no-go in the House — what happens next? … is Russia developing a space-based nuke to blind our satellites? … Putin’s strongest political opponent dies under mysterious circumstances in a Russian prison … the government is about to run out of money, again — does anyone care? … lots more on the Biden impeachment front and the Trump indictments front … all this and more.

The House tries but fails to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas; will the second time be the charm? … Senate Republicans stand up to Senate Democrats and kill the border bill — then turn right around and resurrect a smaller version of it … Special Counsel Robert Hur, appointed to investigate Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, says he won’t prosecute because he doesn’t think he could convince a jury Biden has the mental acuity to form “willfulness” … all this and more.

A welfare bill disguised as a tax bill slips through the House — how? … Is DHS Secretary Mayorkas about to be impeached? … the text of the long-awaited Senate border deal lands with a loud thud, it’s DOA in the House … James Biden agrees to sit for a private deposition one week ahead of Hunter’s private deposition … the Supreme Court will hear that Colorado Trump ballot access case… all this and more.

Special Tele Town Hall Meeting with special guests Senator Rick Scott of Florida and Senator Mike Lee of Utah. They discussed how the US Senate dropped their so-called “border security” bill, which was nothing more than a giant amnesty bill. The bill would codify into law Biden’s border invasion. It would simply legalize what is currently “illegal” immigration.

House and Senate are both in session, but to what end? … House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday will take up two articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas … what’s the latest on the Lankford/Biden open borders deal? McConnell says “the politics have changed” … all this and more.

House and Senate return from holiday break, but did they get much accomplished? … Speaker Johnson releases a document showing the border crisis is all President Biden’s fault … House Homeland Security Committee holds its second Mayorkas impeachment hearing … they’re still talking, talking, talking in the Senate about a border security-for-Ukraine aid deal, but it seems that’s all they’re doing … House and Senate pass yet another short-term CR to keep the government open … all this and more.

Christmas break is over, and House and Senate are back in town with deadlines looming — but, look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a TOPLINE NUMBERS AGREEMENT! … Hunter Biden’s defiance of a congressional subpoena will be fodder for Oversight and Judiciary Committees, which will both vote to hold him in contempt of Congress … Defense Secretary was hospitalized for four days before anyone at the White House knew … Homeland Security Committee will launch impeachment hearings against DHS Secretary Mayorkas … CO and ME knock Trump off the ballot, but the Supreme Court says “Not so fast!” … all this and more.