House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters that he's hoping the Senate will move something forward today because the shutdown becomes more serious Monday. "We're just hoping that calmer heads prevail, that in the Senate they see th...
But lawmakers in both parties expressed dismay that Democratic leaders had included the energy measure. The spending legislation needed 60 votes to move forward in the evenly divided Senate, which meant Republican support was necessary. And even if it had cleared that threshold in the Senate, it ...
Senate Votes to End to Government ShutdownFram, AlanTaylor, AndrewPress, Zeke Miller Associated
No snow day for the Senate as Congress looks to avert a government shutdown Senator will have to brave the winter weather to cast the first in a series of votes that they hope will stave off a partial government shutdown at week's end. Jan 13, 2024, 7:05 PM Congressional leaders...
Politics Trump signs spending bill into law, dodging a government shutdown Thu, Nov 21st 2019 Politics Senate has the votes to delay government shutdown, sending bill to Trump Thu, Nov 21st 2019 Politics House has the votes to avoid a government shutdown, sending bill to Senate Tue, Nov 19...
Senate votes to pass funding bill and avoid government shutdown The two-step bill punts the fight over government spending until after the holidays. Nov 15, 2023 House to consider stopgap funding measure today to avert government shutdown
In the wee hours of the morning last weekend, Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdownwhen the Senate passeda $1.2 trillion annual government funding package. That vote happened on March 23, nearly six months into the fiscal year (which began on Oct. 1), and represented the fo...
(more than 62 percent). But that doesn’t mean voters are willing to deal with a government shutdown over such a bill. Government shutdowns affect people in the present, whereas a citizenship voting bill is something for the future. That’s not a good recipe when you need votes in the...
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...
Where the shutdown stands now Both the Senate and the House approved a measure to temporarily reopen the federal government. The plan — which President Trump announced earlier today — will fund the government through Feb. 15. What happens now: The measure is heading to Trump’s desk for ...