Lawmakers passed a $425 million bill to finance the state's struggling emergency shelter system that also implemented a new cap on families and changed the qualifications for them to stay.

Representatives have about three dozen amendments to consider Thursday afternoon when they take up the first substantive legislation of the term, a $425 million mini-budget meant to both fund the emergency shelter program and make large-scale changes to the state’s response to family homelessness.

House Democratic leaders are set to hold a press conference Thursday afternoon as criticism mounts over President Trump’s efforts to overhaul the federal government. Democrats have recently

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham told reporters on Wednesday that he expects to begin marking up a budget resolution that will also direct committees to find offsets for the new spending with hopes of Senate action in coming weeks.

A new Congress and a new presidential administration places both parties back at square one – and Republicans have an abundantly clear upper hand.

Minnesota House Democrats have returned to the state Capitol after reaching a power-sharing agreement with Republicans, ending a stalemate that prevented the chamber from conducting business for more than three weeks.

Democrats agreed to let a Republican take the speakership of the Minnesota House after a weekslong fight over control of the chamber.

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Russell Vought as the next head of the Office of Management and Budget despite fierce pushback from Democrats. Although Democrats have been divided over various Trump nominees, they unified in opposition to Vought.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House budget director on Thursday night, putting an official who has planned the zealous expansion of President Donald Trump’s power into one of the most influential positions in the federal government.

He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” Sen. Brian Schatz, one of dozens taking part in a 30-hour talkathon, said of Russell Vought.