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The most fundamental role of Congress is to balance the national budget and eliminate our national debt. We have a deadline of Dec. 8 to authorize government spending or else "non-essential" government functions will be temporarily halted. Will we finish the work mandated by federal law, or will we use legislative duct tape and bailing wire to meet the deadline?

WASHINGTON — House conservatives plan to press FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday about revelations that a top agent was demoted for anti-Trump text messages — an incident the lawmakers charge proves bias against the president in the Russia investigation.

Hillary Clinton called Monica Lewinsky a "narcissistic loony tune." She called Gennifer Flowers "some failed cabaret singer." She said Republicans in Congress had organized "a vast right-wing conspiracy" against her husband, President Bill Clinton.

And now the former secretary of state and defeated Democratic presidential candidate says those of us still interested in the investigating of her conduct are engaging in an "abuse of power."

WASHINGTON — The FBI must be investigated for giving "special" treatment to Hillary Clinton while allowing people who "hate" President Trump to investigate his administration, GOP lawmakers said Wednesday.

Democrats are making a fresh push to defend special counsel Robert Mueller as conservatives escalate their political assault on the Russia investigator.

Gov. Gary Herbert (R-UT): "By acting on Secretary Zinke's thoughtful recommendations, President Trump has restored balance to our public lands discussion. We are pleased that Utahns once again have a voice in the process of determining appropriate uses of these public lands that we love. By reducing these super-sized monuments to a size consistent with the intent of the law, new doors of dialogue have opened up that will allow thoughtful, long-term protection of these federal lands."

Following the Senate's 51-49early Saturday morning vote to pass Republicans' tax reform overhaul, the legislation will move to conference where the House and Senate will work to resolve their differences.

"I think the differences are pretty minor between the two bills and I think will be pretty easily worked out," Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., told The Daily Signal in a phone interview.

House Republicans have come to a standstill on negotiating a 2018 spending bill with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and are considering crafting two stopgap measures that could keep the government open until the middle of January, FOX Business has learned.