Four votes, three possible senators: A wild California campaign year lies ahead Californians have been represented by Sen. Dianne Feinstein for more than three decades. A suddenly scrambled Senate race could give them three senators in the space of a year. Feinstein’s death has triggered a bewildering cascade of electoral consequences, infusing uncertainty into an…

Ukraine aid backers still see path for new aid The stopgap spending bill that will be sent to President Joe Biden’s desk doesn’t contain new money for Ukraine or even transfer authority for aid. Yet backers of Kyiv’s defense against Moscow say it may come soon. Some backers of Ukraine believe a bill allowing at…

Does the House GOP’s spending plan tee up a lawmaker pay raise? Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, is clamoring to turn her party colleague against the House GOP’s stopgap spending bill — in part by alleging that it raises lawmaker pay. But the truth is more complicated…

Pelosi’s message to Dems: Don’t save McCarthy’s speakership As the House braces for a possible vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, there’s been a lot of speculation about whether House Democrats would step in to help save his gavel. Not if his predecessor Nancy Pelosi has anything to say about it. The former speaker has…

House GOP reverses course, pushes clean funding patch House Republicans are now pushing ahead on a clean 45-day stopgap spending bill that they expect to vote on later Saturday, a major turnabout after weeks of vowing not to pursue such an approach. The House GOP had considered taking three separate votes on Saturday as the…