Washington— The looming possibility of agovernment shutdownhad hundreds of thousands of federal employees worried that they could go without pay if Congress had failed to reach a deal to approve or extend funding for their agencies. However, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturdayreached a last-...
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Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., shot back that “if a shutdown occurs because we do not pass this continuing resolution today, it will not be a Republican shutdown, it will be a Democratic shutdown. And when it goes over the Senate, it will be the Schumer shutdown.”...
A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing the possibility of a federal government shutdown to the brink in Washington.
Preparing for the possibility of a government shutdown and making adjustments during a shutdown should be second nature now for agencies and contractors alike. In what seems to be a fiscal year-end tradition, companies in the government market face these questions and others as a shutdown loom...
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 ...
Underscoring the concerns about the possibility of a shutdown, the credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service lowered its outlook on the U.S. government's debt on Friday to "negative" from "stable," citing the cost of rising interest rates and political polarization in Congress. ...
The Effect of Government Shutdown on Government Contracts. The possibility of a government shutdown in fiscal year 1996 began to be discussed months before it actually occurred. Testifying before Congress office OM... Richard T. Trowbridge 被引量: 2发表: 1997年 Good Enough for Government Work?
Longer lines at the airport and canceled flights are a possibility too if federal workers who direct traffic or screen luggage quit because of financial troubles and get jobs elsewhere. Why is this shutdown different? Shutdowns aren't uncommon. They've happened to varying...
But the White House has largely stayed out of efforts to solve the funding crisis, blaming Republicans for creating the problem and brushing off questions over whether President Joe Biden should play a more public role in preparing Americans for the possibility of a shutdown. “This is something...