Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk unleashed a flood of misinformation about Congress’ end-of-year funding deal Wednesday, as he pushed Republicansto torpedothe stopgap bill. Musk, a close ally of President-elect Trump, turned to his social platform X just hours after the continuing resolution was...
Congress Reaches Deal on Spending Fiscal Agreement through March Avoids Showdown during Heated Campaign SeasonWASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders reached a short-term spendingdeal Tuesday that would remove...Helderman, Rosalind S
Congress has sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March.
McCarthy considered using the deadline as an opportunity to, as he put it, "examine our nation's finances" and cap spending at the previous year's levels, in accordance with the deal he made with his conservative members. But he ultimately reached adealwith the White House last May to l...
Earlier this month, House and Senate leaders reached an agreement on a short-term spending deal that would move upcoming government funding deadlines to March 1 and March 8, respectively, buying legislators more time to craft lo...
by John Lister on January, 9 2023 at 03:01PM EST TikTok has been banned from all US federal government devices over security fears. The ban even extends to phones issued to members of the House of Representatives. The government ban was introduced in the "omnibus" spending bill recently pas...
the Democrats not only regained the presidency but also replaced the Republicans as the majority party throughout the country—in the North as well as the South. Through his political skills and his sweepingNew Dealsocial programs, such associal securityand the statutoryminimum wage, Roosevelt forge...
Most of the negotiations and work into getting Congress to pass a short-term funding bill to avert a shutdown happened behind closed doors. Former Congresswoman Cheri Bustos of Illinois and former Congressman Fred Upton of Michigan join CBS News to discuss how the last-minute deal with Congress...
The Senate passed a$1.1 trillion spending dealThursday that funds the government through the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, sending it to President Trump's desk. Mr. Trump is expected to sign the measure. House lawmakers approved the comprehensive measure in a 309-118 vote ...
The massive spending package for fiscal year 2023 includes 772.5 billion dollars for non-defense, domestic programs, and 858 billion dollars in defense funding, nearly a 10-percent boost over the previous year. It also provides about 45 billion dollars in emergency funding for Ukraine amid its on...