Signs of life for omnibus deal as negotiators make headway-rollcall:
House and Senate appropriators made enough progress in bipartisan discussions
over the weekend that Democrats are putting on hold plans to introduce
their own versions of a fiscal 2023 omnibus and yearlong stopgap funding bill.
Sinema switches to independent, shaking up the Senate-politico:
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is changing her party affiliation to independent,
delivering a jolt to Democrats’ narrow majority and Washington along with it.
Democrats, Republicans race to strike year-end tax andspending deal-WaPo: Democrats want to expand a tax credit that aids low-income families. Republicans hope to preserve a set of tax breaks that benefits businesses. And both parties hope to prevent a federal government shutdown.
Democratic Sen. Warnock wins Georgia runoff against Walker-ap: Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff election Tuesday, ensuring Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of President Joe Biden’s current term and capping an underwhelming midterm cycle for the GOP in the last major vote of the year.
CAROL Act passes Congress, heads to the President Biden's desk - WASHINGTON (LEX 18): The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy (CAROL) Act today. The act passed unanimously in the Senate on December 1. It will now head to President Biden's desk to be signed into law.
On the Georgia Trail: Warnock, Walker rally voters withrunoff eve events-ajc: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker are taking new steps to energize their supporters on the eve of the runoff for the last election battle of 2022.
US hiring stays strong, complicating Fed’s inflation fight-ap:
The nation’s employers kept hiring briskly in November despite high
inflation and a slow-growing economy — a sign of resilience in
the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes.