The U.S. seemed to be barreling toward what would have been one of the largest government shutdowns in history -- until a stopgap 45-day funding bill was hastily passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden on Saturday night, not long before the deadline. Had lawmakers failed ...
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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 ...
WASHINGTON-On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill that will allow government funding through Dec. 3, narrowly averting a federal shutdown, according to a White House news release. The back-to-back votes by the Senate and then the House averted one crisis, but delays on anothe...
MORE: House returns as McCarthy, McConnell at odds in government shutdown battle Democrats, for their part, maintain that Republicans have obtained an enormous number of documents and extensive witness testimony and that none of it shows any wrongdoing by President Biden; in fact, they say they...
WASHINGTON - On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill that will allow government funding through Dec. 3, narrowly averting a federal shutdown, according to a White House news release. The back-to-back votes by the Senate and then the House averted one crisis, but delays on...
Let’s pivot to the legislative branch. In the wake of a House speakership crisis and amid a looming government shutdown, public approval for Congresshas been as low as 13 percentin recent polls —538’s approval trackerhad it at its lowest point all year at the end of October. But aft...
Biden signs funding bill, avoiding government shutdown 00:55 Share this - Copied President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the stopgap funding bill passed by the Senate Wednesday night, punting the GOP's spending fight and the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays.Nov. 17, 202...
It's a high-stakes opening act for Republicans, taking place just before a potential federal government shutdown, as they begin a process that can lead to the ultimate penalty for a president, dismissal from office for what the Constitution describes as "high crimes and misdemeanors". ...
Who does a government shutdown affect most? Here's what happens to the agencies Americans rely on. A shutdown would pose grave uncertainty for federal workers in states all across America and the people who depend on them — from troops to border control agents to office workers, scientists ...