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Congress races to avoid shutdown as deadline approaches Congress faces another critical government funding deadline as lawmakers scramble to avoid a shutdown by midnight Friday, when funding runs out in six large annual spending bills that cover about 70% of all federal discretionary spending. Near at hand. Negotiators were close to reaching an agreement on […]
Deal to avert shutdown held up over Homeland Security fight
Negotiations over the annual Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill are at a standstill, with a bipartisan agreement to fund government departments and avert a government shutdown later this week. The package, originally scheduled to be announced Sunday, would include five full-time funding bills covering the departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, […]
5 sticking points in the fight to avert a shutdown
Lawmakers are rushing to agree on six final government funding bills, but face numerous hurdles as they head toward Friday’s shutdown deadline. A divided Congress just finished initial work on a fiscal year 2024 funding bill last week. But some negotiators believe the tranche, which targets government agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security […]
Senate sends $460B bill to avert shutdown to Biden’s desk just hours before deadline
Senators passed a bill Friday that would fund numerous government agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2024, pushing several closure deadlines after Congress has struggled for months to approve a full-year spending bill. The bill was sent to President Biden’s desk ahead of time. The Senate on Friday night passed a six-bill $460 billion […]
House passes $467.5B ‘minibus’ spending bill to avert partial shutdown
The House approved a “minibus” spending bill Wednesday to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend, despite opposition from conservative Republicans. The $467.5 billion package is supported by 207 Democrats and 132 Republicans, and provides nine levels of funding for the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Transportation, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and Military […]
5 things to know about Congress’s plan to avert a shutdown this week
Congressional leaders are rushing to pass a sweeping government funding plan announced Sunday ahead of a government shutdown deadline looming this weekend. The 1,050-page package includes more than $450 billion in fiscal year 2024 funding for numerous departments, including Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs (VA), Justice, Commerce, and Energy. include. Here […]
These senators voted against the stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown
Thirteen senators voted Thursday against a short-term spending bill aimed at avoiding a partial government shutdown. Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee), Mike Braun (Indiana), Ted Budd (North Carolina), Mike Crapo (Idaho), Ted Cruz (Texas), Josh Hawley (Missouri) ), Ron Johnson (Wisconsin State), Mike Lee (Utah State), Roger Marshall (Kansas State), Eric Schmidt (Missouri State), Rick […]
Stopgap Spending Bill Clears The Senate To Avert Government Shutdown For Another Week
The Senate on Thursday passed a continuing resolution (CR), the fourth of the year to avert a government shutdown scheduled for Friday, and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature. Neither the House nor the Senate has fully repealed any of the 12 spending bills needed to fund the government for fiscal year […]
Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert partial government shutdown
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House passes short-term funding bill to avert shutdown
The House approved a short-term funding bill Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend, sending the bill to the Senate a day before Friday’s funding deadline. The bill, which passed the chamber on a 320-99 vote, would extend two deadlines for government funding to March 8 and March 22, allowing lawmakers to iron […]