Senate passes funding bill to avert government shutdown - awaits Biden’s signature The Senate passed a bill overnight to fund the government for the rest of the year. The bill now heads to President Biden's desk where the White House says he is expected to sign it Saturday. ...
Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached a last-minute compromise to keep the federal government running and avoid a costly shutdown. A 45-day stopgap spending bill with wide bipartisan support in both chambers passed both the House and Senate with hours to spare, and ...
» MORE: How would a government shutdown affect you? What happened during the last threat of a shutdown? On March 23, the Senate finally approved a $1.2 trillion spending bill for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which funded roughly 70% to 80% of the government. Had the Senate failed to...
“It is unfortunate that members of the United States Senate are allowing politics to put the energy security of our nation at risk,” he said in a statement, adding that he believed “we should never come to the brink of a government shutdown over politics.” ...
3:40 House votes to pass short-term funding bill to avert partial government shutdown The bill only keeps the government open for another week and sets up another showdown down the road.The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill that averts a partial government shutdo...
“This Friday night there will be no government shutdown,” Senate Majority LeaderChuck Schumersaid in a floor speech ahead of the final vote. The bipartisan vote was 87-11, with 10 Republicans and one Democrat — Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado — voting agains...
UPDATE(Nov. 11, 2023 5:20 p.m. ET):On Saturday,House Republicans unveiled their planto avert a government shutdown. The untested two-step continuing resolution will face a tough road in the House, let alone the Senate. The good news: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,doesn’t want ...
In a week of posing, posturing, and preening, the senate is moving legislation to delay a government shutdown that is a practical admission of the situation at hand.
With less than two days to go until the critical deadline to extend federal funding, Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown as lawmakers have yet to reach a deal. The Senate put together a bipartisan proposal to avert a shutdown — but House Republicans have thrown cold w...
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.