Congress Strikes Deal to Avert Partial Government Shutdown
Congressional leaders struck a deal Wednesday that they hope will avert a partial government shutdown. top lawmaker closed Negotiations on agriculture, energy, military construction, and veterans issues. Transportation-Housing/Urban Development, Interior. It has set a March 8 deadline to pass the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act. Leaders hope to release the text of the bill […]
Congressional leaders strike deal to avert shutdown this week
Congressional leaders struck a deal this week to avert a government shutdown and agreed to push back two funding deadlines to late March to buy time for spending talks. under The agreement was announced Wednesday.leaders agreed to extend funding through March 8 for six complete bills covering the departments of Agriculture, Justice, Commerce, Energy, Interior, […]
12:30 Report — Biden hosts White House meeting to avert a shutdown
It’s Tuesday. Happy Michigan Presidential Primary Election Day! Here’s what else is happening today: A partial federal government shutdown is becoming more likely this weekend.speaker mike johnson (R-Louisiana) is under tremendous pressure from House conservatives to include controversial policy proposals, but they are not helping negotiations. former president trump‘s lawyer tries to block adult film […]
Speaker Johnson: ‘Very optimistic’ Congress will avert shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Tuesday after meeting with President Biden and Congressional leaders at the White House that he is “very optimistic” that a shutdown of Congress will be avoided by Friday’s deadline. Ta. “We’ve been working faithfully, literally around the clock, every day, for months, weeks, and the last few days to […]
Ford, UAW reach deal to avert strike at Kentucky truck plant
The United Auto Workers (UAW) local union, UAW Local 62, and Ford have reached an agreement to avert a strike at the truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The agreement came after the UAW union announced that about 9,000 auto workers threatened to go on strike Friday at Ford’s most profitable plant, which makes SUVs and […]
Biden signs measure to avert shutdown but Ukraine aid remains frozen | US politics
joe biden signed Measures were proposed Friday to preserve funding for the U.S. government, but the bill would not unfreeze funding to Ukraine as Washington reels from its second heavy snowfall in a week. Ta. Far-right House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, are securing a chance to provide Kiev with more money and weapons […]
House And Senate Pass Third Continuing Resolution To Avert Government Shutdown
The House and Senate passed continuing resolutions Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown on Saturday. This is the third measure passed amid widespread disagreement over a permanent funding agreement in 2024. Senate and House leadership announced on sunday The continuing resolution authorizes the federal government to operate some departments until March 1st and others […]
Congress votes to avert shutdown, sending short-term funding bill to Biden’s desk
The House approved a short-term spending bill Thursday to keep the government funded through March, sending the stopgap bill to President Biden's desk for signature a day before the deadline for the partial shutdown. Hours after the Senate approved the bill, Congress passed a two-step continuing resolution (CR) by a vote of 314-108, extending government […]
Senate passes government funding bill to avert shutdown until March
The Senate passed a stopgap government funding bill Thursday afternoon, with a vote in the House scheduled later today to avert a looming weekend shutdown. The Senate passed it 77-18. further spending The Department of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, and Military Construction will remain […]
Senate, House race to avert government shutdown ahead of winter storm
Congress is rushing to greenlight short-term spending bills and avert a government shutdown ahead of a winter storm that will hit Washington and parts of the Northeast and Midwest. Government funding is set to expire at midnight late Friday, but bad weather is prompting lawmakers to finish the work sooner. The Senate and House of […]