WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden on Saturday night signed a 45-day stopgap funding bill, just a few minutes before federal government funding for this fiscal year is set to expire. In a last-minute effort to avert a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released the new bill ...
In that resolution he wrote that then-Speaker Pelosi's "extraordinary decision to move forward with an impeachment inquiry without any debate or vote on such a resolution by the full House undermines the voting privileges afforded to each Member and the constituents they represent," and represented...
Democratic infighting is threatening to derail ambitious social spending and infrastructure plans—all amid a debt limit fight with Republicans and looming government shutdown.
The decision to pursue an impeachment inquiry also comes as Congress is facing a Sept. 30 deadline to pass legislation tofund the governmentand avoid a shutdown. The far-right faction of the House GOP has been pushing McCarthy to cut government spending, and several have come out against an...
Biden's message is likely to be repeated often in a campaign race dominated by the Democratic incumbent and the Republican former president. It comes days before a likely government shutdown, a situation forced by Republicans loyal to Trump in the House of Representatives. ...
As the newest American political analyst on Chinese national television, I’ve been asked to explain the U.S. government shutdown and default showdown. It’s not easy. How do you explain the farce that Washington has become? Lawmakers shutting down the government because of an issue not dire...
What’s Next for Hotels And Restaurants: The pandemic and government shutdowns/restrictions continue to have a devastating effect on hospitality employers after a catastrophic 2020. As the industry works to recover in 2021, it looks increasingly likely that hospitality employers will have to navigate...
So, for example, even though CDC guidelines, local infection rates, and past DoD policy would seem to indicate that we should be back to masking and lower occupancy levels at work, we have been given updated guidance that puts that decision at the discretion of the base commander who is ve...
“crossed the aisle” to pass bipartisan policy. Polling shows that Americans tend to favor this kind of compromise. Even today's increasingly divided Congress has passed bipartisan legislation reopening the government after the December 2018–January 2019 shutdown, sanctioning Russia for election ...
The president also took aim at Republicans in Congress, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Biden told supporters that thelooming government shutdownwas “totally avoidable” after lawmakers reached a deal to raise the debt limit over the summer. ...