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, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap bill to reopen the government for three weeks, 35 days after the shutdown began. The measure was approved unanimously and would head for the House of Representatives for approval. After both chambers of Congress ha...
Senate Passes Stopgap Bill to Avoid ShutdownThe Senate on Wednesday approved a $984 billion stopgap measureto fund the government through...Ferrechio, Susan
preventing the Senate from passing the bill with unanimous consent. Senators had hoped to pass the NDAA on Thursday, so holding up the vote on the NDAA also meant delaying the vote to avert a shutdown. Paul told reporters on Friday that he would not try to stall a vote...
Lawmakers approved a temporary spending bill on Wednesday to stave off the threat of a government shutdown until after the presidential election. The short-term bill will fund the government through Dec. 11. It was approved by the Senate on Wednesday and will be sent to President Trump’s ...
Washington— The Senate easily passed a stopgap funding bill late Wednesday night, averting a government shutdown and punting a spending fight in Congress until early next year. The bill heads to President Biden's desk after it passed the Senate in an 87-11 vote. Only one Democratic senator ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate passed a temporary spending bill on Wednesday to fund the federal government into December, just a few hours before the annual spending bill would expire and the government was set to shut down. ...
five years between drug and device firms and the Food and Drug Administration. Top lawmakers suggested they would try to pass additional consumer-protection measures, potentially related to infant formula, dietary supplements and diagnostic tests, legislative priorities left out of the stopgap bill. ...
The stopgap bill does not include that supplemental aid for Israel or Ukraine.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a 1.4-trillion-U.S.-dollar spending package that will fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, one day before current stopgap funding expires. The House of Representatives approved the spending bills on Tuesd...