Senate, House and shutdown
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Speaker Mike Johnson sounded off to Fox News Digital after the Senate broke its impasse on the government shutdown.
Graham Platner had the skull and crossbones design covered up, faster than laser removal, after he learned it was a Nazi symbol.
The government shutdown is on track to end with no resolution for expiring healthcare subsidies, and Democrats say Republicans want an abortion ban.
Lawmakers hope that the bipartisan desire to fund the government with spending bills can put the Senate on a path to avoid another shutdown, and have until early next year to do it.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers suggested last month he lost his 2024 Senate bid after a “van showed up in Detroit with ballots” before the final count was over.
The Maine Monitor on MSN
Maine Senate candidate Jordan Wood is considering House bid instead, sources say
Former Capitol Hill aide Jordan Wood is seriously considering dropping out of Maine’s U.S. Senate race to run instead in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
American air travelers could face more frustrations Tuesday as the Federal Aviation Administration is set to reduce more flights at major U.S. airports across the country. Meanwhile, Senators have advanced a bipartisan funding package to end the government shutdown.