Traditionally, the House moves first on spending and revenue bills but Republican infighting paralyzed the lower chamber, forcing senators to make the first move on a stopgap bill in the last week ahead of a possible shutdown. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Republican-led House of Repr...
The measure now heads to the House of Representatives for a vote.Congress avoids government shutdown The House approved the short-term funding measure by a 254-175 vote not long after Senate passage in a 65-35 vote. A large majority of Republicans in both chambers voted against it.The bill...
Traditionally, the House moves first on spending and revenue bills but Republican infighting paralyzed the lower chamber, forcing senators to make the first move on a stopgap bill in the last week ahead of a possible shutdown. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Republican-led House of Repr...
The vote on the CR passed 267-151 with mostly Republican votes, although once it became clear the bill would pass 53 Democrats decided to join the majority. Fourteen Republicans and 151 Democrats opposed the bill. "Today, the House has taken the first step towards assuring the American pe...
Washington —Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that the House would not proceed with a planned vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded past the end of the month, in an acknowledgment of opposition from members of his own party that likely would have doomed the bill to ...
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, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Following the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a stopgap bill that would fund the government for the next three weeks, and sent it to the White House for ratification....
The U.S. House is expected to also vote on the infrastructure bill Thursday, but House progressives have threatened to derail the measure if the Senate doesn’t pass the $3.5 trillion spending bill.This story was reported from Cincinnati. The Associated Press contributed....
The U.S. House isexpected to also vote on the infrastructure bill Thursday, but House progressives have threatened to derail the measure if the Senate doesn’t pass the $3.5 trillion spending bill. This story was reported from Cincinnati. The Associated Press contributed....
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 ...