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House is out, Senate is in, with just five days to go until funding runs out for much of the government — will the Senate be able to pass funding bills in time? Senate Democrats say not on their watch, not unless the DHS funding bill is amended to restrict ICE — a shutdown showdown is imminent … President Trump goes to Davos and declares victory over Greenland … all this and more.

House is back, Senate is in recess, with less than two weeks to go to fund half the government … President Trump warns the Iranian mullahs, but holds off on a military strike … President Trump wants to acquire Greenland, and Europe hasn’t figured out yet how to respond … prospects for a bipartisan deal on healthcare seem to be shrinking day by day … all this and more.

House and Senate are back for one more week before Christmas … NDAA looks set to be passed for the 65th year in a row … House GOP leadership plans to bring a GOP healthcare bill to the floor; will it pass? Will moderate GOPers get the amendment vote they want?… NY AG Letitia James survives another indictment attempt … all this and more.

House and Senate return to another ticking clock on funding — they’ll need to pass 9 appropriations bills by January 30, or some combination … a review of what’s coming in the Supreme Court … will the GOP work on health care? … the USPS has a new procedure on postmarks that may impact mail-in ballots … Trump says he doesn’t believe Putin … all this and more.

Today on Tea Party Patriots Action’s Washington Report: House and Senate wrap up work for the year and head off for a two-week holiday break … House GOP leadership succeeds in passing its healthcare bill, but four renegade Republicans sign Jeffries’ discharge petition and gum up the works — what does it all mean? … all this and more.

House and Senate are back for one more week before Christmas … NDAA looks set to be passed for the 65th year in a row … House GOP leadership plans to bring a GOP healthcare bill to the floor; will it pass? Will moderate GOPers get the amendment vote they want?… NY AG Letitia James survives another indictment attempt … all this and more.

House and Senate are back in session … GAO releases a bombshell report on Obamacare fraud, but does it matter to Democrats? … DOJ stumbles in its James and Comey re-indictment attempt … the Supreme Court has several cases of interest to conservatives … will Indiana join the mid-decade redistricting rush? … Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who ordered the “second tap” strike in Venezuela goes to Capitol Hill, and reactions are mixed … all this and more.

House and Senate leave town for the Thanksgiving break after passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act with just one dissenting vote in both houses … MTG announces her resignation from Congress … chaos reigns over new Russia-Ukraine “peace” proposal that reads as if Russian dictator Vladimir Putin dictated it … could the Comey prosecution be over before it begins? … all this and more.

House and Senate come back for the first time in eight weeks … Trump reverses course on Epstein files, calls on House Republicans to pass the resolution … House prepares to vote to overturn a smelly provision benefiting selected U.S. senators … rare Democrat-on-Democrat violence rears its ugly head, to be seen this week on the House floor … Utah GOP takes it on the chin and loses a seat in the redistricting wars, while Indiana Republicans back off — and get new pressure from the White House … all this and more.

After 40 days in the wilderness, eight Senate Democrats see the light and take steps to bring the longest government shutdown in history to an end … President Trump pardons 77 allies involved in various aspects of the Alternate Electors episode … President Trump keeps pushing for Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster, but they keep pushing back, just as hard … what is up with Tucker Carlson, Kevin Roberts, and Nick Fuentes? … all this and more.

It’s “Groundhog Day” all over again — the House is still out, and Senate Democrats are still voting to block the clean Continuign Resolution that passed the House, leaving us with the question: will this ever end? … The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a landmark case regarding President Trump’s authority to levy tariffs … President Trump directs Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster, but they’re not playing along … senior Republicans, including President Trump, are considering holding a midterm convention late next summer … all this and more.

It’s Day 27 of the government shutdown, and the largest government workers union in the country thinks the Democrats should work with the GOP to pass a clean Continuing Resolution — no word yet from Chuck Schumer … President Trump imposes toughest sanctions yet on Russia’a two biggest oil companies, while the EU, in a coordinated move, prepares a massive loan to Ukraine — using seized Russian assets as collateral … all this and more.

The House stays out while the Senate tries, tries, tries again to pass a bill to reopen the government, but Democrats will have none of it, so they’ll try, try, try again … Trump defeats a U.N. global carbon tax you probably didn’t even know was on the dock … the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case that may overturn a 39-year-old precedent on how to account for race in the drawing of congressional (and state legislative) district lines … NY AG Letitia James and former National Security Advisor John Bolton are both indicted … Trump asks the Supreme Court to okay his deployment of the National Guard … just where is Trump on Russia and Ukraine, anyway? … all this and more.

The federal government shuts down for only the 11th time in history, and you’ve got a front-row seat to all the action — the House stays out, while Senate Republicans and Democrats blame each other … Bari Weiss joins CBS News as editor-in-chief … President Trump orders the deployment of the National Guard, but a federal district judge HE APPOINTED says no, twice … all this and more.

Senate comes back into session to vote again on government funding bill, but House stays out — for the whole week? … will there be a deal, or not? President Trump meets today with congressional leaders to discuss … Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted last week … SCOTUS rules that President Trump can use a pocket rescission to save taxpayers $4 billion in funding that was previously approved by Congress … all this and more.

House and Senate try to pass a funding bill to keep the government open, and get only halfway there — House says yes, Senate says no — so we’re still on track for a government shutdown next week … Just what ARE those pesky “enhanced ObamaCare premium tax credits” the Democrats keep talking about, anyway? … Five weeks after the Alaska Summit, it’s fair to say Putin is no closer to ending his war on Ukraine, so what’s next? … All this and more

House and Senate are in for one more week before government funding expires — can they strike a deal to keep the government open? … Senate invokes nuclear option, prepares to move Trump nominees en bloc … all this and more.

Congress has 22 days left before government funding expires — what are the odds of a shutdown? … the Senate GOP plans to invoke the “nuclear option” to end Democrats’ obstruction on confirming Trump nominees … Congress has a sneaky way of getting back pay, and you’re not going to like it … all this and more.

A New York appeals court tosses the $515 million civil judgment against President Trump as a violation of the 8th Amendment’s protection against excessive fines … the FBI raids former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton’s home, looking for — what else? — classified documents … President Trump hosts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy at the White House, along with a whole bunch of European leaders, but Russia’s Putin isn’t budging on peace talks … all this and more.

House and Senate are still in recess, so your wallets are still safe for a little while longer … President Trump takes over DC Police and cracks down on crime in the nation’s capital … FBI Director Kash Patel releases documents revealing that a whistleblower told the FBI in 2017 that then-Congressman Adam Schiff was deliberately leaking classified intel to make Trump look bad, and the FBI hid it from key congressional committees … Trump meets with Putin in Alaska, and plans to meet with Zelenskyy today … all this and more.