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The package, which is expected to pass, will wrap up Congress' work on spending bills for the year — nearly six months after the fiscal year began.
The bill, passed by a vote of 352-65, now goes to the Senate, where its prospects are unclear.
President Joe Biden has said if Congress passes the measure, he will sign it.
Republicans were able to keep non-defense spending relatively flat compared to the previous year.
Some lawmakers and critics of TikTok have argued the Chinese government could force the company to share data on American users.
In the end, total discretionary spending set by Congress is expected to come in at about $1.66 trillion for the full entire year.
Taxes are shaping up to be a significant campaign issue.
Republicans are hoping the gains they made in the 2022 midterm elections will continue with their latest slate of candidates.
For a House that has struggled to get bills of consequence over the finish line, the tax legislation could represent a rare breakthrough.
What was expected to cost the federal government $55 billion has instead ballooned to nearly five times that amount.
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, have sponsored a companion measure in the Senate.
The roughly $78 billion in tax cuts would be paid for by more quickly ending a tax break Congress approved during the COVID-19 pandemic that...
The agreement largely hews to spending caps for defense and domestic programs that Congress set as part of a bill to suspend the debt limit until...
About 653,000 people were homeless, the most since the current survey method was started in 2007.
Santos joins three Congress members expelled after the Civil War and two who were convicted of federal crimes.
The House could vote on his expulsion as soon as it returns from the Thanksgiving holiday later this month.
The ethics panel said Santos did not cooperate and “evaded” requests for information, but then provided "material misstatements."
With a government shutdown avoided, McCarthy may now need votes from some Democrats to keep his job.
Congress is at an impasse just days before a disruptive federal shutdown that would halt paychecks for many of the federal government's roughly 2...