The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a short-term spending bill that would extend government funding until March, a few hours after the bill was approved by the Senate, as funding for some federal agencies and pr...
a government shutdown. House Republican leadership unveiled their opening salvo in the funding fight in recent days with a plan to push for a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through March 28, while attaching a noncitizen voting bill that Democrats generally see as a nonst...
Congress today is expected to pass a bill keeping the government open for another 24 hours while negotiators finish work on the 1996 budget.Hill, Patrice
The House passed a stopgap bill Tuesday to prevent another government shutdown, as a broader budget deal appeared increasingly within reach on Capitol Hill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met privately on Tuesday to discuss lifting stiff spending caps...
NOW WE GOT BAD BLOOD: Congressional leaders released the text of their long-awaited stopgap spending bill last night, and among the unrelated measures hitching a ride — presumably, to the president’s desk — is a ticketing reform bill that prompted an eleventh-hour burst of lobbying ...
According to a White House official, the bill passed by the House of Representatives keeps the government open at a higher funding levels than the Senate bill and includes disaster relief and FAA authorization. The White House expects House Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- who has stated his support ...
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 peo...
"We're going to move forward today to add language to the bill that the Senate sent over on government funding to add 5 billion dollars to the wall as well as the disaster relief funding that's been agreed upon between the House and Senate," said Scalise. ...
"We're going to move forward today to add language to the bill that the Senate sent over on government funding to add 5 billion dollars to the wall as well as the disaster relief funding that's been agreed upon between the House and Senate," Scalise said. ...
Trump signed the bill, which will extend funding through December 20, hours before government funding was set to expire. The Senate, by a 74-20 vote, passed the short-term funding bill earlier in the day. The push to keep the government funded comes as the House is in the midst of con...