House Speaker Mike Johnson has a plan to avoid a government shutdown. But if the rest of Washington doesn't agree, here's how a shutdown could impact your holiday plans. Nov 11, 2023, 6:52 PM Speaker Mike Johnson pitches Republicans on plan to avert government shutdown Speaker Mike ...
Congress approved a stopgap funding bill on the night of Sept. 30, averting a government shutdown. However, the bill did not include drastic federal funding cuts and tighter border controls previously demanded by House Republicans, as well as money for Ukraine proposed by House Democrats. This m...
With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: paralyzed as conservatives feud with Kevin McCarthy.
Government shutdown risks in US political polarization The federal fiscal year 2023 for the US government ended on Sept. 30. Before that, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party had been caught in endless disputes over the federal budget for the new fiscal year. Failure to reach an ...
ByAlexandra Hutzler, Nadine El-Bawab, and Meredith Deliso Last Updated: October 1, 2023, 11:26 AM CSTThe 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 ...
President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with Republicans over the federal budget into 2024.
(ECNS) -- As Democrats and Republicans battle over the federal budget for the new fiscal year, the United States is on the verge of a 22nd government shutdown in five decades. The fiscal year of 2023 is set to end on Sept. 30. If the two parties cannot reach an agreement on the ne...
Will a government shutdown affect Social Security payments? Social Security checks will still go outas scheduled in the event of a government shutdown. The agency is considered a mandatory program, not funded by the bill Congress needs to pass to keep the government up and running. ...
Ukraine funding rises as major political lightning rod in government shutdown fightGovernment could shut down if no deal is reached by Oct. 1. By Elizabeth Elkind Fox News Published September 29, 2023 4:00am EDT | Updated September 29, 2023 4:47am EDTFace...
“A majority of Democrats and Republicans don’t want to shut down, but there’s a group, a hard-right group — particularly in the House, some in the Senate — who want to bully their way into forcing a shutdown,” Schumer said during a news conference Sunday. “That cannot happen....