Nov 11, 2023, 6:52 PM Speaker Mike Johnson pitches Republicans on plan to avert government shutdown Speaker Mike Johnson pitches Republicans on his "laddered CR" plan to avert a government shutdown. Nov 10, 2023, 1:10 PM The government could shut down after next Friday. House Republi...
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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters that he's hoping the Senate will move something forward today because the shutdown becomes more serious Monday. "We're just hoping that calmer heads prevail, that in the Senate they see th...
Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays,Congress gave final approvalWednesday night to a temporary government funding package that pushes a confrontation over the federal budget into the new year. “This Friday night there will be no governm...
Government shutdown averted by Senate dealJake Sherman
U.S. government shutdown assured as Senate goes into recess WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government is set to have another shutdown starting Friday after the Senate went into recessed and missed a Thursday midnight deadline to pass a temporary funding bill....
The US Senate has rejected two bills to end the government shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies. The Republican legislation failed by 50-47 and the Democratic bill followed suit by 52-44. Both measures were long shots, needing 60 votes to pas...
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO END A SHUTDOWN? It's the responsibility of Congress to fund the government. The House and Senate have to agree to fund the government in some way, and the president has to sign the legislation into law. Congress often relies on a so-call...
Senate Democrats were said to have accepted a deal to end the government shutdown in exchange for the promise of a vote on the DREAM Act in the coming weeks. That act covers the immigration status of thousands of people who entered the country illegally while they were still children. ...
If Johnson had walked away from the deal, it would have created a massive breach of trust with the Senate and could have put Congress on a path to a shutdown. But his decision to stand by the agreement risks further angering conservatives, a dynamic that highlights the speaker’s precarious...