Lauren Fox - CNN Congressional Correspondent
Lauren Fox
CNN Congressional Correspondent
Lauren Fox is a congressional correspondent for CNN.
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Democrats weigh McCarthy’s fate as GOP moderates float rules changes to save speaker
Oct 02, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s allies are scrambling to head off a right-wing revolt to oust the California Republican from his job and turning to the constituency that now suddenly holds the cards: House Democrats.
Why McCarthy decided to take on his right flank and prevent the shutdown
Oct 01, 2023
Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t know whether the House could avoid a government shutdown when he met with his divided Republican conference on Saturday morning.
Biden signs stopgap measure to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
Oct 01, 2023
President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown just hours ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out.
Gaetz’s war against McCarthy could leave Dems playing kingmaker
Sep 30, 2023
With the clock ticking down toward a government shutdown, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz approached a Democratic lawmaker on the House floor this week with a surprising pitch.
House GOP bets on border strategy as government shutdown looms
Sep 28, 2023
House Republicans are barreling toward a government shutdown without a clear plan or strategy to get out. Leadership’s life raft? Make it a showdown over the US southern border.
‘Turbulence ahead’: Senate and House diverge on strategy as shutdown peril grows
Sep 27, 2023
With just four days before government funding expires, there is still no clear path to avert a shutdown.
McCarthy confronts key decisions as Congress hurtles toward government shutdown
Sep 25, 2023
With six days until the government runs out of money, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has a choice to make: Does he risk a shutdown to keep his job or does he cross his Republican hardliners by working with Democrats?
Zelensky faces a more splintered GOP as he returns to Capitol Hill looking for aid
Sep 21, 2023
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky went to Capitol Hill Thursday for his second visit, as fresh attacks by Russia overnight underscore the urgency facing his country as he asks for more US aid.
House Democrats weigh risky strategy: Whether to save McCarthy
Sep 21, 2023
House Democrats have begun internal discussions about how to deal with the prospects of a chaotic situation: The possibility that Speaker Kevin McCarthy could lose his job in an unprecedented vote on the floor.
Tuberville and Senate Republicans plot rarely used tactic to force vote on stalled Marine Corps commandant nomination
Sep 20, 2023
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville and a group of his fellow GOP senators are plotting a new tactic to break the Senate’s gridlock on stalled military nominees: they may force a procedural vote on the Marine Corps commandant nominee, in a breach of Senate protocol.
‘I don’t know how they will get to 218’: House GOP struggles to find consensus on averting shutdown
Sep 19, 2023
House Republicans are still struggling to reach consensus on a plan to fund the government, with lawmakers going back-and-forth over the issue and leadership forced to delay a planned procedural vote as they work to find agreement within their ranks.
Some lawmakers eye arcane bipartisan solution as shutdown looms
Sep 19, 2023
Some swing district Republican lawmakers are signaling they could cross the aisle and work with Democrats to try to avert or shorten a looming government shutdown, as the House GOP conference struggles to coalesce around a negotiated spending bill of their own that would fund the government for a month.
House Republicans finalize deal on short-term funding bill, but major hurdles remain to avoid shutdown
Sep 18, 2023
House Republicans are moving ahead with a plan to temporarily fund the government while beefing up border security – a proposal that is dead on arrival in the Senate and could even face difficulties in the House, raising the likelihood of a government shutdown.
Lawmakers fear tumbling into a shutdown
Sep 15, 2023
A chaotic week on Capitol Hill yielded no serious progress as Congress stares down a spending deadline at the end of the month with lawmakers acknowledging a government shutdown is not only possible at this point, but may soon be inevitable.
GOP leaders weigh strategy shift amid revolt on the far-right as shutdown looms
Sep 13, 2023
House GOP leaders are engaged in talks with hard-right members in an urgent push to salvage their spending bill plans – but are now considering an abrupt change in strategy: Avoiding a government shutdown at month’s end.
Conservatives push McCarthy to spending brink despite impeachment inquiry
Sep 13, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden has done little to quell his troubles in the spending showdown with House conservatives, setting up a potential clash with his right flank that could force the speaker to choose between keeping the government open and keeping his job.
About
Lauren Fox is a congressional correspondent for CNN.
Prior to joining CNN’s congressional team, Fox covered politics for Talking Points Memo, National Journal and U.S. News and World Report in Washington, D.C. Throughout the years, Fox has reported Congress’s efforts to reform health care, immigration, gun policy and more. Her work has also appeared in Salon and the Atlantic.com.
Fox is a graduate of the University of Oregon where she majored in journalism. She also holds a Masters in creative nonfiction from Johns Hopkins University. After growing up in five different states, Fox now works and resides in Washington, D.C.