Congress has roughly two months to find bipartisan agreement to curb rising health insurance costs if lawmakers want to avoid another government shutdown.
The Senate on Friday shot down a Republican stopgap budget that would keep the government funded through November as lawmakers continue hashing out full-year spending legislation.
Montana’s soon-to-be senior U.S. Sen. Steve Daines will keep a key leadership position in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the upcoming Congress, as well as take a new position on the Foreign Relations Committee.
After days of uncertainty thanks to meddling by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, lawmakers succeeded in approving a temporary plan to extend federal funding just hours before a government spending deadline.