Senate has the votes to delay government shutdown, sending bill to Trump Thu, Nov 21st 2019 Politics House has the votes to avoid a government shutdown, sending bill to Senate Tue, Nov 19th 2019 Politics House to vote Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown for another month Mon, Nov 18th...
The Senate today is taking up competing bills aimed at ending the partial government shutdown, though both are likely to fail, leaving the stalemate that's in its fifth week with no real progress. Both Senate measures would reopen federal agencies and pay 800,000 federal wo...
Government shutdown averted by Senate dealJake Sherman
“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....
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...
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...
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....
shutdowns were delayed into January and December, respectively. This shows that, even if a CR is passed, there is no guarantee that a shutdown will ultimately be averted. Moreover, the chances of the House agreeing to whatever conditions the Senate lays out in its short-term stopgap are ...
The House passed a stopgap bill on Thursday afternoon that kicks Congress’ two government shutdown deadlines further into March, as top lawmakers work to pass final versions of half of the dozen annual funding measures next week. Now the spending patch awaits action in the Senate, where ...