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As Congress inched towards funding the government, there were gold medals, beer, music and a cactus highlighting the week in Congress.

Bipartisan and bicameral talks to head off a partial government shutdown after next week appeared to be underway Thursday.

Former President Donald Trump seemed to float eliminating the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions.

The House is set to vote Wednesday on Speaker Mike Johnson’s six-month stopgap spending plan despite near certain defeat.

“This is one of those things that could be done simply, quickly and help the Congress help themselves,” Zach Wamp said.

The second assassination attempt on Donald Trump sparked calls from President Joe Biden and lawmakers to bolster the Secret Service protection for the former president with either more resources, strategic changes or more agency oversight. Senators on the appropriations panel that oversees the Secret Service funding, in the wake of…

Congress returned to work after a lengthy summer recess. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were back in action as well to capture the action.

The Senate next week will vote again on a measure aimed at creating a statutory right to in vitro fertilization.

The House adopted the rule for floor debate on a six-month stopgap spending bill featuring controversial voting restriction legislation.

Lawmakers have a handful of working days left to fulfill their promises of enacting laws to protect kids online and handle other tech issues.

Congress returns this week with a packed agenda that includes avoiding a government shutdown before the November elections.