The Senate approved a short-term spending bill Wednesday by a vote of 78 to 20 that will keep the government funded through Dec. 11. The bill now heads to the House, where lawmakers must pass it and send it to the president in order to prevent the government from shutting down at ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a three-week spending bill to fund the federal government through March 11, just a few hours before the current funding expires on Friday. The bill, already approved by the House of Representatives last week, passed in t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a partial government shutdown when the current fiscal year ends at midnight Friday and provide another infusion of military and economic aid to Ukraine as it seeks to repel Russia's brutal invas...
The US Senate has secured final passage of a bill that will extend funding for the federal government by two months and prevent a shutdown that would have started this weekend. The "laddered" continuing resolution, which the Senate passed in an 87-11 vote late on Wednesday, will extend ...
Senate on Monday passed a three-week funding bill to reopen the federal government after a three-day shutdown, sending it to the House of Representatives for a final vote. The Senate passed a bill to extend the government funding through Feb. 8, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
DAY 3 OF SHUTDOWN: Monday, Jan. 22 9:02 p.m. Trump signs bill ending shutdown The White House announced that President Trump signed the measure ending the shutdown, allowing the government to reopen. 6:10 p.m. House passes bill to ...
"If both sides cooperate, there's no reason we can't finish this bill even as soon as today, but we're going to keep working to see what's possible," Schumer said earlier in the day. The government was set to shut down at the end of the day Friday, but since...
The US Senate has secured final passage of a bill that will extend funding for the federal government by two months and prevent a shutdown that would have started this weekend. The "laddered" continuing resolution, which the Senate passed in an 87-11 vote late on Wednesday, will extend fun...
“It is unfortunate that members of the United States Senate are allowing politics to put the energy security of our nation at risk,” he said in a statement, adding that he believed “we should never come to the brink of a government shutdown over politics.” ...
WASHINGTON-Republican senators blocked a bill Monday night to keep the government operating and allow federal borrowing, but Democrats aiming to avert a shutdown are likely to try again — at the same time pressing ahead on President Joe Biden’s big plans to reshape government. ...