The interchamber tensions between Democrats are becoming a regular feature of funding fights in the second Trump term. Lawmakers, strategists and voters alike exploded in anger last March when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a handful of colleagues allowed a spending package to move forward amid the Elon Musk-led DOGE assault on federal agencies. In November, tempers again flared when a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to end a record 43-day shutdown.
Despite months of warnings from party members up and down the caucus that President Donald Trump has been "lawless," "destructive, and "authoritarian" in his wielding of power both domestically and abroad, 149 Democratic members of the US House of Representatives on Thursday night joined with 192 Republicans to pass a sweeping military spending bill - a vote that progressive critics say exposes the fecklessness and hypocrisy of what claims to be an opposition party.
Party leaders told a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday that they would vote against the homeland security funding bill, citing insufficient provisions to rein in Immigration Customs and Enforcement, more widely known by its acronym. Signals for a no vote came from Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives, along with Pete Aguilar, the chairman of the party's caucus, and Katherine Clark, the chief whip.
Donald Trump called for my arrest, prosecution, and execution all because I said something he didn't like. Now he's pressuring his political appointees to harass me for daring to speak up and hold him accountable. I won't be intimidated and will keep fighting to uphold my oath to the Constitution and defend our country.
No matter what comes over to us from the United States Senate to the House of Representatives at some point this week, our position as House Democrats has been crystal clear: we will sit down with any Republicans, anytime, anyplace, anywhere, in order to find a bipartisan path forward, but we're not down with their my way or the highway' approach to governance that's failed the American people, he said.
A number of Democratic representatives on Sunday vented they do not support their Senate colleagues caving on a deal to end the government shutdown if it excludes an extension to Affordable Care Act subsidies. Their irritation comes after Axios reported a deal was within reach to end the 40-day long government shutdown earlier in the day. The report citing sources from both parties said that Senate Democrats are prepared to advance a package of bills to bring an end to the standoff.
While scanning for unsecured databases at the end of September, an ethical security researcher stumbled upon the exposed cache of data and discovered that it was part of a site called DomeWatch. The service is run by the House Democrats and includes videostreams of House floor sessions, calendars of congressional events, and updates on House votes. It also includes a job board and résumé bank.
When he headed to lunch at the eatery inside the Capitol - downing a chili dog and bowl of tortilla soup - the man sat a couple tables away. When he went to fetch dirty laundry from his nearby hotel room, the man followed in a gray pickup. And when the lawmaker-physician headed back toward Houston on Tuesday afternoon, to see elderly patients in his suburban district, the plainclothes officer was close behind.
House Democrats demanded that the Justice Department release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking case mentioning Donald Trump, accusing officials of protecting the president.
