House Votes To Avert Govt Shutdown, Senate Set To Vote
October 20, 2023, House of Representatives in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN Staff Sophia Flores3:45pm – Friday, December 20, 2024 The House voted to pass a stopgap funding bill in the latest effort to avert a government shutdown. advertisement On Friday, the bill passed the House by a vote of 366-34. The […]
Watch live: House to vote on plan C to avert looming government shutdown
The House is scheduled to vote on the third version of a spending bill to keep the government shut down at 5 p.m. Friday, hours before the government shutdown deadline. The new proposal reportedly includes government funding through March, in addition to disaster relief and agricultural assistance following days of chaos at the Capitol. “We […]
Mike Johnson Attempts Plan C to Avert Government Shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced further plans Friday to avert a government shutdown. “Yes, yes, we have a plan. We're planning to vote this morning, so stay tuned everyone. We have a plan,” Johnson said. said as he entered the Capitol on Friday morning. If Congress fails to pass a spending bill by Friday, […]
Trump-Endorsed Plan To Avert Government Shutdown Fails In House Vote
member of the House of Representatives rejected On Thursday evening, House Speaker Mike Johnson's new stopgap funding bill passed 233-174. Thirty-eight Republicans, including Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, oppose raising the debt ceiling without significant spending cuts or allowing $110 billion in disaster aid without offsets. For this reason, they voted against the new continuing […]
Congress unveils bill to avert Friday government shutdown with over $100B in disaster aid
Congressional leaders have unveiled plans to avoid a partial government shutdown before Friday's federal funding deadline. House Republicans released a 1,547-page document on a short-term extension of government funding levels for fiscal year 2024 (FY) to give lawmakers more time to agree on funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2025. This is the second […]
Congress strikes deal to avert government shutdown
Congressional leaders have struck a bipartisan agreement to continue funding the government past the looming Dec. 20 government shutdown deadline. Laws enacted by leadership On Tuesday, it extended Friday's funding deadline until March 14, giving the incoming Congress and the next president (the first Republican trifecta since 2017) a chance to decide how to fund […]
TikTok turns to US Supreme Court in last-ditch bid to avert ban
TikTok made a last-ditch effort to continue operating in the United States on Monday, filing a law aimed at forcing China-based parent company ByteDance to sell the short video app by January 19. They asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block the decision. Prohibited. TikTok and ByteDance file emergency request with judge to halt impending […]
Lawmakers struggle to reach deal to avert government shutdown
Congressional negotiators are struggling to reach an agreement to keep the government's lights on after Dec. 20. Continuing resolution (CR) language for the government's funding package was expected to be announced on Sunday ahead of the impending shutdown deadline. But economic support for farmers emerged as an apparent last-minute impasse, with lawmakers unable to release […]
Sunday shows preview: Drones capture national attention; Congress works to avert shutdown
A number of drone sightings have made headlines this week in New Jersey and across the country as Congress scrambles to avoid a Dec. 20 government shutdown deadline. Democrats have been searching for answers since Republicans secured a trifecta after Election Day, with some criticizing the party's messaging around table issues such as inflation, wages […]
State forced to step in to avert Election Day disaster in key NY battleground House district
State election officials were forced to intervene to avert a dangerous situation in which thousands of voters in a key Congressional district could be denied voting at polling places. Onondaga County had to bring in nine workers from Albany this week to ease a backlog of about 20,000 voter registration forms and other paperwork, an […]