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Rep. Kay Granger has not cast a vote in Congress since July and stepped down from the powerful House Appropriations Committee in March.

This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” a deal was finally reached to fund the government, but was last week’s Capitol Hill chaos preview of what’s to come in 2025? Reps. Tony Gonzales and French Hill join to discuss. Plus, exit interviews with Sen. Joe Manchin and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Suchir Balaji, a former researcher at OpenAI who openly questioned the legality of its data-gathering practices, died by suicide, authorities said.

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on… Government funding in Congress, the future of the filibuster and looking for U.S. hostages in Syria

Two weeks after Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, the scope of Assad’s decades-long abuse of human rights is coming into clearer focus. Imtiaz Tyab reports from Damascus.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said “a really terrific solution was killed by irresponsible politics” when the bipartisan border deal fell apart earlier this year.

Sen. Joe Manchin sat down for an exit interview of sorts with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas compared Elon Musk to a prime minister after the Tesla CEO got involved in a tumultuous funding fight on Capitol Hill this week.

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Sen. Joe Manchin join Margaret Brennan.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Roger Carstens, special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 22, 2024.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Sen. Joe Manchin, independent of West Virginia, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 22, 2024.

Roger Carstens, the White House special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, speaks to “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” from Jordan after he traveled to Syria to seek information on Austin Tice. While in Syria, he said he was “stunned” by the number of prisons that were operating under the Assad regime, making it that much harder to find Tice.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Rep. French Hill, Republican of Arkansas on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 22, 2024.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 22, 2024.

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a former Democrat turned independent who is retiring in January, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that despite the incoming Republican majority in the Senate, he believes both parties are “not going to let the filibuster blow apart.” Manchin supports keeping the filibuster in place, despite having backed reconciliation for the Inflation Reduction Act, a key Biden administration bill.

GOP Rep. French Hill of Arkansas tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that despite 34 Republicans voting against Speaker Mike Johnson’s own continuing resolution to fund the government, he believes his party in both Houses of Congress are “united” behind President-elect Donald Trump’s border and energy agenda.

Biden administration Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the White House turned to Congress for a solution to the immigration surge, but “looking back now in hindsight, in 2020 if we had known that irresponsible politics would have killed what was clearly a meritorious effort and a meritorious result, perhaps we would have taken executive action more rapidly.”

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the chaos that followed Elon Musk’s intervention after a deal had been reached to avert a government shutdown makes it feel “as if Elon Musk is our prime minister,” despite that Musk is not an elected official.

This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” a deal was finally reached to fund the government, but was last week’s Capitol Hill chaos preview of what’s to come in 2025? Reps. Tony Gonzales and French Hill join to discuss. Plus, exit interviews with Sen. Joe Manchin and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Watch Margaret Brennan’s full interview with Roger Carstens, the Biden administration’s special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, a portion of which aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Dec. 22, 2024.