Stopgap Spending Bill Clears Congress. What Happens Next?Passage of the spending bill, which goes to Obama for signing,averts a midnight government...Chaddock, Gail Russell
House Speaker Mike Johnson said ahead of the measure's release on Tuesday that it was originally intended to be "a very simple, very clean" stopgapfunding measureto get the party into the new year. He is now left to deal with growing discontent among members of his own party as a Friday...
Washington —House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturdayreached a last-minute compromiseto keep the federal government running and avoid a costly shutdown. A 45-day stopgap spending bill with wide bipartisan support in both chambers passed both the House and Senate with hours to spare, and went to...
Patel has made clear his disdain for the reauthorization vote, though he's also said the tool is an important national security power in the fight against terrorism. “Because the budget of FISA was up this cycle, we demanded Congress fix it. And do ...
You know A Holly Jolly Christmas, All I Want For Christmas is You, and Deck the Halls. Feliz Navidad, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town and Jingle Bells. But do you know, the most famous Christmas song in Michigan of all? I'll be the first to admit, I can be a bit of a Grinch ...
As I write this, the US government is days away from a government shutdown, should the Senate not pass a stopgap spending bill by September 30. Democratic leaders have combined that bill with a debt ceiling suspension the Republicans find unpalatable. It’s not clear if Democrats have the vo...
In a foreword by journalist Fred Barnes, McCarthy was dubbed the "strategist" of the trio, someone who was "fixated on how to win more elections, more often." McCarthy is now the only one of the three still in Congress. Cantor rose to House majority leader before losing a primar...
3 in the U.K. Eagles Asylum Eagles As the Eagles struggled to complete a follow-up to the career-making 'Hotel California,' they released a holiday single as a stopgap. 'Please Come Home for Christmas' soared to No. 18 on the 'Billboard' chart, the first Christmas song to reach the...
ING's Brzeski meanwhile noted that a minority government could also continue until the scheduled election date later in 2025 and pointed out that, even if the FDP left the coalition, this would not necessarily force a snap election. This is due to the German constitution, which dictat...
1. A GOVERNMENT FUNDING FIASCO With just over three weeksuntil Uncle Sam runs out of money, Johnsonhas laid out a planto pass another stopgap funding bill to keep the government running through either mid-January or mid-April. As you’ll recall,KEVIN McCARTHY’sembrace of a “continuing re...