“American families can rest assured now that their lives won’t be needlessly upended due to an unnecessary government shutdown,” Schumer said. The Senate will first vote midday Wednesday on a budget resolution sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that would cut 6 cents for every dollar ...
Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown The Senate passed a short-term funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown Thursday evening. 7 months ago 7 months ago Congress set to vote on bipartisan deal to fund the government The vote will avert a partial governm...
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. ...
“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...
Former PresidentDonald Trumpon Tuesday said congressionalRepublicansshould pursue agovernment shutdownif they cannot attach a hard-line voting bill to the temporary funding resolution that would keep the government open. “If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don’t get absolute assurances on Elec...
Senate Votes to End to Government ShutdownFram, AlanTaylor, AndrewPress, Zeke Miller Associated
“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.” ...
Traditionally, the House moves first on spending and revenue bills but Republican infighting paralyzed the lower chamber, forcing senators to make the first move on a stopgap bill in the last week ahead of a possible shutdown. A bipartisan Senate-proposed bill, unveiled Tuesday, is expected to ...
Where the shutdown stands now Both the Senate and the House approved a measure to temporarily reopen the federal government. The plan — which President Trump announced earlier today — will fund the government through Feb. 15. What happens now: The measure is heading to Trump’s desk for ...
Last week, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned of the consequences of a government shutdown, noting on the Senate floor that “tens of thousands of children across the country could immediately lose access to Head Start,” lending could slow down and border security could be “thrown into chaos...