WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to move forward with atemporary spending packageneeded to keep the federal government running past Friday, drawing closer to averting a shutdown after Democrats dropped an energy proposal that had drawn bipartisan opposition. Senator Chuck Schumer,...
Noticeably missing from the short-term spending bill, however, was security and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, as well as disaster relief. Does Congress get paid during a government shutdown? A history of government shutdowns: The 14 times funding has lapsed since 1980...
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...
U.S. government shutdown looms as Congress fails to reach budget deal The U.S. government is facing a shutdown on October 1 as Congress has failed to reach a budget deal. The current fiscal year ends on September 30, and if Congress does not pass a funding bill by then, the governme...
Trump signs bill to prevent government shutdown after funding briefly lapses Jacob PramukThu, Oct 1st 2020 House passes spending bill to avoid government shutdown, sends it to Senate Jacob PramukWed, Sep 23rd 2020 Politics House Democrats to unveil bill to avoid shutdown, but McConnell criticize...
Congress approved a stopgap funding bill on the night of Sept. 30, averting a government shutdown. However, the bill did not include drastic federal funding cuts and tighter border controls previously demanded by House Republicans, as well as money for Ukraine proposed by House Democrats. This ...
The U.S. seemed to be barreling toward what would have been one of the largest government shutdowns in history -- until a stopgap 45-day funding bill was hastily passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden on Saturday night, not long before the deadline. Had lawmakers failed ...
President Joe Biden on Thursday nightsigned Congress’ stopgap funding billto avert a shutdown and extend government funding through December 3, according to the White House. Government funding had been set to expire at midnight, but Democratic congressional leaders, who control both chambers of Cong...
House passes $3B VA funding bill ahead of possible government shutdown H.R. 9468, sponsored by Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA), passed the House on Tuesday The House of Representatives passed a roughly $3 billion veterans supplemental funding bill with broad support Tuesday. ...
A government shutdown occurs when nonessential U.S. government offices can no longer remain open due to a lack of funding. The lack of funding usually occurs when the approval of the federal budget that will finance the government for the upcoming fiscal year is delayed. The shutdown remains...