The Senate has reached a last minute agreement late Friday night to vote on the government funding package, averting a partial government shutdown that was slated to begin at midnight. While final passage is not expected until the early hours of Saturday morning, the Senate action is expected to effectively prevent any lapse in funding […]
For the fifth time in seven months, Congress flirted on Friday with a partial government shutdown. With roughly 12 hours before a midnight deadline to fully fund the government, the , sending the measure to the Senate for a Friday evening vote. If the deadline lapses, a partial government shutdown could affect tax filing season, […]
The House voted Friday to pass a $1.2tn spending package that would fund much of the federal government through September, with just hours left to avert a partial shutdown. The bill now advances to the Senate, which will have to act quickly to keep the government open. The House vote was 286 to 134, with […]
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic-majority Senate on Friday will scramble to beat a midnight government shutdown deadline by passing a $1.2 trillion bill keeping the government funded through September. If they succeed, it will end a more-than-six-month battle over the scope of Washington’s spending for the […]
Politicians introduced a 1.2 trillion US dollar spending package that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies this weekend and allows Congress, nearly six months into the budget year, to complete its work in funding the government through September. Democrats were largely able to knock back scores of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package Thursday that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies this weekend and allows Congress, nearly six months into the budget year, to complete its work in funding the government through September. Democrats were largely able to swat back […]
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders said Tuesday morning that they had reached an agreement on the final package of spending legislation to fund the federal government through the fall, though it was unclear whether they would be able to pass it in time to avert a brief partial shutdown over the weekend. House Republicans, Senate Democrats […]
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fractured U.S. Congress struggled behind the scenes on Wednesday to produce a massive spending bill to fund defense, homeland security and other programs that lawmakers must pass before the weekend to avert a partial government shutdown. Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. The legislation’s success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. The measure contains six annual […]
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 75-22 on Friday to pass a major government funding bill to keep a slew of agencies afloat through September, defusing fears of a partial shutdown and sending the legislation to President Joe Biden to become law. The 1,050-page measure is a collection of six appropriations bills negotiated by Schumer, House […]
The Senate cleared a six-bill funding package Friday night, sending the $459 billion measure to President Joe Biden’s desk just in time to thwart a partial government shutdown after midnight. The upper chamber passed the measure 75-22 following votes on a handful of Republican amendments that failed on the floor. The bill takes care of […]
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is expected to give Congress’ final approval on Friday of legislation funding several federal agencies through September, averting a partial government shutdown that otherwise would begin at midnight. The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed by a vote of 339-85 the package of fiscal 2024 appropriations […]