Action in the final hours to avoid a partial government shutdown has become almost routine, with lawmakers usually able to make a compromise. The funding bill was slowed this time by disagreement over allowing the government to take on more debt so that it could continue to meet its financial...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill, averting another government shutdown days before the end of the current fiscal year. The so-called continuing resolution will keep the federal government running through Nov. 21. The House ...
Senate on Saturday night approved a House-passed 45-day stopgap funding bill in a last-minute effort to avert a federal government shutdown. The upper chamber passed the stopgap funding measure in a vote of 88-9. Earlier that day, the House approved the bill in a vote of 335-91. House...
WASHINGTON - On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill that will allow government funding through Dec. 3, narrowly averting a federal shutdown, according to a White House news release. The back-to-back votes by the Senate and then the House averted one crisis, but delays on ...
WASHINGTON - On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill that will allow government funding through Dec. 3, narrowly averting a federal shutdown, according to a White House news release. The back-to-back votes by the Senate and then the House averted one crisis, but delays on ...
The bill, already approved by the House of Representatives last week, passed in the Senate by a vote of 65-27 and is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden soon. "I am pleased that Congress has passed a continuing resolution through March 11, ensuring that the government will remain...
House Republican leaders then negotiated again with Democratic leaders, and just six hours before a potential federal government shutdown, the two sides reached an agreement and passed a new short-term spending bill. US Con...
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden on Saturday night signed a 45-day stopgap funding bill, just a few minutes before federal government funding for this fiscal year is set to expire. In a last-minute effort to avert a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released the new bill...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Saturday night approved a House-passed 45-day stopgap funding bill in a last-minute effort to avert a federal government shutdown. The upper chamber passed the stopgap funding measure in a vote of 88-9. Earlier that day, the House ...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Republican-led House of Representatives failed to approve a one-month stopgap funding bill on Friday, as a U.S. federal government shutdown after Saturday midnight appears increasingly inevitable. All Democrats and 21 Republicans voted against the measure, in...