WNBA star takes aim at Elon Musk, rips billionaires after funding bill gets passed
Phoenix Mercury security guard Natasha Cloud attacked Elon Musk and other billionaires in a social media post Sunday after the passage of a stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown. Musk and President-elect Donald Trump led a conservative revolt against the original plan to avoid a partial shutdown, a bipartisan agreement that resulted from […]
Why Big Tech is funding Trump's inauguration
Significant donations from technology companies and leaders to President-elect Trump's inaugural fund signal a shift in relations between Silicon Valley and the incoming leader after past tensions. Inauguration donations by corporations are nothing new, but observers say this cash, along with the Mar-a-Lago meeting, is a sign that some big tech companies are trying to […]
Fire unions livid as funding for 9/11 health fund excluded from federal budget, funds in jeopardy
Firefighter unions and fire advocacy groups have accused Congress of failing to secure funding for medical programs for 9/11 victims, despite an agreement to keep the government open. Budget negotiations in Congress resulted in a failure to fund the WTC healthcare program. The program will provide financial assistance to 125,000 people who became ill several […]
Joe Biden ‘Largely Absent’ from Congressional Funding Negotiations
President Joe Biden and the White House were “largely absent” from government funding negotiations in Congress this week, according to reports. hillquoted statement From political strategists and legislators. As President-elect Donald Trump and his camp assembled Biden and administration officials have remained largely silent on the resolution, which is being discussed with Republicans in Congress […]
Joe Biden signs bipartisan funding bill to keep government open
President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through March, leaving thorny questions about the nation's finances to the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump. The bloated, 1,500-page funding proposal exploded earlier this week, with Trump and his ally Elon Musk demanding that it be simplified. The parties were able to put […]
Lawmakers react to stopgap funding and averting government shutdown
Lawmakers are speaking out during a chaotic week on Capitol Hill as Congress scrambles to pass emergency legislation past the 11th hour to avert a government shutdown. The White House announced that President Biden signed a 118-page bill on Saturday extending government funding through March. The bill would provide more than $100 billion in disaster […]
President Biden signs stopgap funding bill into law, averting shutdown
The White House announced that President Biden signed the emergency funding bill on Saturday, extending government funding through March and averting a government shutdown. The bill includes $100 billion in disaster relief and a one-year farm bill. After a week of chaos at the Capitol, the Senate worked into the early hours of Saturday morning […]
Funding Bill Wasn’t Better than Original, But I Wanted to Avoid Shutdown
On CNN's “Outfront” broadcast on Friday, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said that while the government funding bill passed by the House is not an improvement over the original bill, it does ensure a government shutdown. He said his goal is not to have any. host Sarah Sidner asked. [relevant exchange begins around 5:30] “Do you […]
‘80% of the Farm Bill Is Funding for Food Stamps’
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said in an interview Thursday that the bulk of the farm bill funds food stamps. Breitbart News Daily. Sen. Johnson outlined some of the problems with the original 1,537-page continuing resolution (CR) negotiated by Speaker Johnson, which contained plenty of pork. One hurdle for some is the inclusion of a farm […]
Watch live: Senate to vote on funding deal ahead of shutdown deadline
The Senate is scheduled to vote Friday night ahead of a midnight deadline on a temporary funding measure to avert a government shutdown. The House voted 366-34-1 in support of the bill early Friday evening, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for passage since Republican leaders brought the bill to the floor under an immediate suspension […]