Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., cheered the passage of a short-term funding bill that avoided not only a government shutdown but also a slew of deep spending cuts sought by some GOP lawmakers. "We avoided all of the extreme, nasty, and harmful cuts MAGA Republicans wanted...
President Biden signs bipartisan funding bill, averting government shutdownPresident Joe Biden signed into law the short-term funding bill on Saturday, according to a release from the White House.ABCNews.com With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning...
The stopgap measure averts a partial government shutdown, delaying the funding deadlines until March. Jan 18, 2024 Deal reached on short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown A deal has been reached for a continuing resolution that would fund the government through March 1 and March 8...
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 signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with Republicans over the federal budget into 2024.
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 length of any government shutdown would depend on how long it takes Congress to pass funding bills that the president is willing to sign. Congress previously passed a stopgap funding bill back in September, before Oct. 1, which was the last deadline to f...
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 ...
The federal government could shut down in a matter of hours if Congress does not cobble together a temporary funding plan on Friday. Lawmakers are racing to come to an agreement that will meet with enough support to pass. President-elect Donald Trump torpedoed their bipartisan package on Wedne...
President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown tonight ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out, the White House said in a statement. “I just signed a law to keep the government open for 47 days. There’s ple...