The Washington Report

The House votes to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, just hours after Hunter Biden defies a subpoena and mocks House Republicans … Senate negotiators still have yet to finalize an agreement on border security to go with that emergency foreign aid bill … Speaker Johnson thinks better of it, and pulls competing Sec. 702 reauthorization bills from floor consideration … all this and more.

With the Christmas break fast approaching, House and Senate buckle down for a final week of legislating before heading out of town for three weeks ... the emergency supplemental for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and border security is still up in the air … Hunter Biden was indicted, but Joe Biden was protected … will the House vote to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden? … all this and more.

Senate Democrats walk away from negotiations with Senate Republicans over supplemental spending; will Schumer call McConnell’s bluff? … House Republicans move toward a formal authorization vote to approve a Biden impeachment inquiry … will Hunter Biden testify behind closed doors or open? … Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s long hold on military promotions may be coming to an end … all this and more.

House and Senate pass a CR to keep the government funded through the holiday, and it won’t cost Speaker Johnson his job … Senate Dems say they support Israel, but vote against funding .. House Ethics Committee issues damning report on its investigation of Rep. George Santos — is he about to become the sixth Member ever to be expelled? … Iran is still enriching uranium … all this and more.

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 Committee finds a dirfect payment to Joe Biden … Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is drawing attention to problems at the Pentagon … all this and more.

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 interference case, but to what end? … Chuck Grassley says there have been 40 different FBI/DOJ sources with criminal information about Joe Biden, but what’s been done to vet the information? … All this and more.

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 Speaker of the House going, anyway? … all this and more.

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.