WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives began debating the first of 12 fiscal 2024 spending bills on Wednesday, as lawmakers edged toward a looming showdown with the Democratic-led Senate that could trigger a government shutdown this autumn. The House vot...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a 854-billion-dollar spending bill to avoid a government shutdown in October. The bill was passed with an overwhelming majority of 361-61, a week after the U.S. Senate passed an identical bill with a 93...
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a 1.4-trillion-U.S.-dollar spending package that will fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, as lawmakers in both chambers rush to avoid a government shutdown. The House approved the spe...
House of Representatives passes appropriations bills.The House of Representatives completed work on the 11 appropriations bills under its...McGee, Jennifer
Traditionally, the House moves first on spending and revenue bills but Republican infighting paralyzed the lower chamber, forcing senators to make the first move on a stopgap bill in the last week ahead of a possible shutdown. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Republican-led House of Rep...
Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., wrote to President Biden’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young on Friday morning, arguing it is important for the House to have those calculations on hand as lawmakers start crafting federal spending bills to fund the government in the ne...
In one of the first actions by the 118th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass two Pro-Life bills. The first, HCon.Res. 3, condemns the ...
The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday night to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025. The final vote tally was 314-117 with 71 Republicans and 46 Democrats voting against the bill. Next: The timeframe to avoid an unprecedented debt default is extremely tight...
The House has the exclusive powers to initiate all tax and spending bills and to impeach federal officials. Metrics of the House The House is the lower of the two legislative bodies in the U.S. government. It has 435 members, with the number of representatives per state dependent upon that...