If the Senate passes the bill to end the shutdown, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he expects the House to begin voting to reopen the government at around 4:30 p.m. today -- as early as possible. If both the Senate and ...
On Monday, the Senate took up a House-passed bill that would have extended government funding to avert a shutdown and suspended the debt limit, butRepublicans blocked the measure. Senate Republicans have said that they would support a “clean” stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown if it ...
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. Feb 28, 2024, 9:10 AM Here's what to know if a partial government shutdown goes into effect Congress is scrambling to...
If Republican leaders get their way, the shutdown will not last long, CBS News' Nancy Cordes reported. They were hoping that Democrats would join them later Saturday in passing a bill to keep the government open for 2.5 weeks. The Senate adjourned early Saturday and reconvened ...
“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...
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The US Senate has rejected two bills to end the government shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies. The Republican legislation failed by 50-47 and the Democratic bill followed suit by 52-44. Both measures were long shots, needing 60 votes to pas...
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.
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At midnight on Dec. 21, 2018, the United States entered a government shutdown. President Trump and members of Congress were unable to agree on funding for the fiscal year 2019. This government shutdown impacted approximately 800,000 federal employees. In a fact sheet released by the Senate Ap...