"We like to send half a pallet over the water, which takes three weeks," he says. "We submitted for approval on December 10, and it usually takes a week for us to get approval, but we obviously haven't heard from them yet because of the shutdown, so right now, we're in a hold...
Washington —With the deadline to pass legislation to fund the government fast approaching, the House is set to vote Wednesday on a stopgap measure in an effort to avert a partial government shutdown. The current spending bill keeps the government open until December 11, but House Majority Lead...
The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a federal government shutdown shortly after the midnight funding deadline.
In a joint statement, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reminded the president of the “widespread chaos” that had “hurt millions of Americans” during the 34-day border wall shutdown from December 22, 2018, to January 24, 2019. “The same thing w...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised President Trump late Sunday for signing a $900 billion pandemic package and a $1.4 trillion government funding bill to avert a government shutdown. McConnell said in a statement that he applauds Trump’s "decision to get hundreds of billions of...
Lawmakers approved a temporary spending bill on Wednesday to stave off the threat of a government shutdown until after the presidential election. The short-term bill will fund the government through Dec. 11. It was approved by the Senate on Wednesday and will be sent to President Trump’s ...
By MELISSA GOLDIN Updated 1:52 PM GMT+8, December 21, 2024 Share President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, railing against the plan ...
In Chicago, salons and barbershops were shut down while Mayor Lori Lightfoot allowed herself a haircut. Beaumont, Texas, Mayor Becky Ames flouted her city’s shelter-in-place order to have her nails done. But these examples are trivial compared to the actions of Neil Ferguson, the officious ...
The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington as the government continues in a partial shutdown, December 22, 2018. /VCG Photo But these moves just show how desperate Trump is. With each passing day, he is feeling mounting pressure to reopen the government and is likely to accept some kind of...
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 l...