WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to move forward with atemporary spending packageneeded to keep the federal government running past Friday, drawing closer to averting a shutdown after Democrats dropped an energy proposal that had drawn bipartisan opposition. Senator Chuck Schumer,...
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 ...
Republicans blocked a Senate billto fund the government at current levels and suspend the debt ceiling, leaving open the possibilities of a government shutdown early Friday morning and a catastrophic U.S. default that could take place some time in October if Congress fails to act. A procedural ...
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...
Last-minute negotiations fell apart as Senate Democrats blocked a four-week short-term spending bill in a late night vote. It led to the fourth government shutdown over the past 25 years. TheWhite Houseblamed the Democrats for the shutdown, which occurred on the first anniversary of Donald ...
Without Senate passage of the identical House bill, agencies would have had to stop functioning over the weekend. The legislation will finance government through March 11. Both parties hope the short-term measure will be the last one needed as negotiators craft compromise bills financing agencies th...
US Senate passes spending bill, ends govt shutdown threatDavid LawderAmanda Becker
3:40 House votes to pass short-term funding bill to avert partial government shutdown The bill only keeps the government open for another week and sets up another showdown down the road.The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill that averts a partial government shutd...
serve as the blueprint for the next few days and will likely help avoid a government shutdown. However, it doesn’t resolve the growing partisan showdown over the debt limit, or do anything about internal Democratic feuding on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the massive reconciliation ...
8, 2018. The U.S. government is shutting down at midnight as the Senate went into recess and missed a midnight deadline to pass a short-term funding bill. (Xinhua/Ting Shen) Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 KEY WORDS:U.S.YOU MAY LIKEUrgent: U.S. government shutdown assured as Senate goes ...