Trump calls for Senate to scrap filibuster in order to force end to month-long government shutdown – US politics live

Snap food benefits are set to run out this weekend as shutdown comes close to matching the record of 2018-2019House Republicans are increasingly expressing frustration with the chamber’s moribund activity and the legislative backlog piling up as speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana keeps Congress out of session during the government shutdown.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) confronted speaker the speaker during a House GOP conference call to criticize his tactics to negotiate the shutdown, according to a piece in The Hill today. Continue reading…