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Prospects for getting a federal press source shield bill enacted this year appear to be waning, even though it has sailed through the House.

The Senate on Wednesday cleared a 12-week spending bill that would kick this year’s spending tussle until after the November elections.

The leadership of both chambers are operating under very different assumptions about what lawmakers can accomplish in the lame-duck session.

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.