Posted 3/18/2024, 10:38:15 AM
Congress Races to Avert Shutdown as Impeachment Politics Complicate Budget Talks
- Congress scrambling to avoid government shutdown by Friday's funding deadline after failure to unveil spending deal over weekend
- House Oversight Committee holding hearing Wednesday on GOP impeachment inquiry into President Biden, but Hunter Biden declining invitation to testify
- Hardline House conservatives demanding steep spending cuts and policy riders as part of funding bills, threatening shutdown
- House Republicans designating this week as "energy week", bringing bills to floor promoting American energy production
- Witnesses scheduled to testify at impeachment hearing include Devon Archer, Tony Bobulinski, and Jason Galanis, but unclear if they accepted invitations