Congress Passes Bill for Funds to Run Government; Shutdown Will Be Avoided
Since September 2023, Congress had to rely repeatedly on last-minute maneuvering to avoid a shutdown. What is a government shutdown? When the government shuts down, many federal agencies must suspend all non-essential services. Each federal agency must develop its own contingency plan for shut...
The House and Senate announced Tuesday they would stay in session, canceling an upcoming recess week at home if the shutdown continued, which seemed likely. On the shutdown’s 25th day Tuesday, Trump did not move off his demand to have Congress provide $5.7 billion to build his promised bo...
through the holiday season, but was also only a partial government shutdown because Congress had passed some appropriations bills to fund parts of the government.
Similar to the situation today, a partisan standoff in Congressled to a partial shutdown of the governmentthat lasted a little over two weeks beginning on Oct. 1 of that year. Well over a million federal employees were affected and didn't receive a paycheck during the shutdown. Some were...
Johnson's bill is not expected to get support in the Democratic-controlled Senate, if it even makes it that far. But Congress will have to pass some type of temporary measure by Sept. 30 in order to avoid a shutdown. Copyright 2024 TheAssociated Press...
I will be forming a congress-led task force to address this issue and will use funds traditionally earmarked for the United Nations and UNRWA in particular, to fund this new endeavor. Which brings me to my next challenge. The UN and UNRWA. These institutions no longer have support from ...
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“Contrary to the president’s claim, the order he signed will not shut down the border to illegal immigration or even slow it down in any meaningful way,” Stein continued. “President Biden has repeatedly challenged Congress to send a border and immigration enforcement bill to his desk to ...