The Democratic-controlled Senate in an 85-11 vote passed the bill to continue government funding 38 minutes after it expired at midnight (0500 GMT Saturday). The government did not invoke shutdown procedures in the interim. The bill will now be sent it to White House, where President Joe Bi...
A $1.7 trillion government funding bill approved by the U.S. Senate Thursday will bolster U.S. regulators and make it easier for states to bring antitrust lawsuits. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has a number ...
What’s in the government funding bill? ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks takes a closer look at the last-minute funding bill Congress passed that will keep the government running into the start of President–elect Donald Trump’s new term.
Washington —The House and Senate on Thursday both approved a short-term government funding bill that keeps federal agencies open through early December and staves off a partial government shutdown, just hours before funding is set to expire.The stopgap measure, known as a continuing resolution,...
After days of heated negotiations on Capitol Hill, the House passed its funding bill to prevent a government shutdown Friday night.
hit a snag after GOP Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania put forth language to curb the Federal Reserve's emergency lending authority, but he ultimately agreed to narrow the language to apply only to three lending facilities established by the CARES Act, the sprawling relief package passed in ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a planned vote on a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open for six months past an Oct. 1 partial shutdown deadline. Johnson’s move came after more than a dozen fellow Republicans walked back support for the proposed legislation. Former...
House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a planned vote on a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open for six months past an Oct. 1 partial shutdown deadline. Johnson’s move came after more than a dozen fellow Republicans walked back support for the proposed legislation. Former President ...
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...
Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.