After a threatened showdown from Democrats, there will be no government shutdown. In a controversial move, 10 Senate Democrats voted to advance House Republicans’ 6-month spending bill.Mar 15, 2025 Twitter Facebook Email Live Now CBS News 24/7 ...
WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that finances federal agencies through September and provides another significant round of military and economic aid to Ukraine one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's dramatic address to a joint meeting ...
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee this morning released its draft version of the fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill, intending to fund the Pentagon at $831.7 billion, or about $534 million above President Biden's request. The full committee approved the bill this morning with a ...
The Senate Appropriations Committee seeks to cut $174 million from the Army procurement budget in a draft of its fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill, although it would add $667 million in funding for the Army Reserve and National Guard. The draft bill, which was released Oct. 18 , would...
funded by those subcommittees, it highlights how much work lies ahead to come up with FY2024 spending bills that can pass both chambers and get signed into law by the President. If all 12 bills are not enacted by January 1, 2024, a one percent across-the-board cut will go into effect...
The Senate passed a six-month spending bill Friday, hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law.
Top House Democrats, meanwhile,are pressing their fellow party membersin the Senate to kill the spending bill, saying the proposal will hurt Americans around the country. “I wouldn’t expect senators to vote for this,”said Rep.Pete Aguilar(Calif.), the head of the House Democratic Caucus....
McConnell, though, portrayed the short-term spending measure as a "simple" bill that would show that Republicans, who control Congress now, will finish the year by not prolonging a potential crisis. "Republicans will continue to fill our duty to govern," he said. ...
The GOP spending bill extends government funding largely at current 2024 levels through September. But it also includes roughly $13 billion in cuts to nondefense programs, and roughly $6 billion in additional spending for the military. Democrats oppose the spending cuts, warning they’ll erode cri...
Lawmakers Seek to Reconcile Differences After Senate Passes Border Spending Bill Senate Republicans are pushing House Democrats to back their legislation so Congress can send the supplemental funding bill to President Donald Trump’s desk before recess. ...