Live update: House GOP unveils bill to avert shutdown; Trump pauses tariffs and pushes for ceasefire
House Republicans on Saturday announced a 99-page six-month stop-gap funding bill while avoiding government shutdowns and increasing defense funds, likely to be the main focus of this Sunday show. Additionally, President Trump's trade war with top US trading partners intensified this week. The president also said he is putting additional sanctions on Russia and pressured […]
Sunday shows preview: House GOP unveils bill to avert shutdown; Trump's tariffs teeter
House Republicans have announced a 99-page six-month suspension funding bill to avoid government shutdowns and increase defense funds, calling for cuts to de-evacuation programs, which are likely to be the main focus of this Sunday show. Republicans said the bill, released Saturday, will greenlight a defence funding increase of around $6 billion above the level […]
House Speaker Johnson unveils bill to avoid government shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday announced a short-term funding bill that will be funded by federal agencies by September to avoid looming government shutdowns. Page 99 ''Continuous year-round extension of expenditures Act 2025''It includes plans for higher spending for defense programming, but reduces de-evacuation funds. Johnson's measures will allow for approximately $892.5 billion in […]
House GOP Unveils ‘Clean’ Text To Fund Government While Democrats Threaten Shutdown
House Republican leaders released textbooks on the bill on Saturday, providing funding to the government until September, avoiding the government's closures set since midnight on March 14th. Page 99 suspension funds invoiceknown as a continuous solution (CR), it will fund government operations for the remainder of the fiscal year. Government funding plans are widespread backing […]
Trump call to avert government shutdown answered by House GOP bill
Congressional negotiators have announced a bill that would avoid government shutdowns if passed in the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's term. The 100-page law will roughly maintain current government funding levels until the beginning of fiscal year (FY), 2026, which begins on October 1st. The current deadline to avoid closure is Friday, March […]
House GOP seeks spending cuts in plan to avert shutdown as deadline looms
House Republicans announced Saturday Six-month suspension government funding plancalling for de-evacuation programs and IRS reductions. The bill rollout will launch a critical stretch for GOP leadership to lock down support ahead of Friday's closure deadline with a Trump-backed strategy that sparked Democrats' rage. The plan is trying to maintain government funding until September. While it […]
House Dems shut down stopgap funding talks as government shutdown looms
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries signaled Friday that Democrats would not support House Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal to avoid the looming government shutdown. Johnson (R-La.) indicated Friday that he intends to come up with a “clean” continuous solution for the vote early next week. Jeffries blasted out, “unacceptable.” “We'll have a clean CR on the […]
Texas lawmaker moves to make sure Border Patrol agents get paid in shutdown
First on FOX: Border state lawmakers are pushing for border patrol agents to be paid in the event of government closures – just as funding deadlines are approaching in Washington, D.C. Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas, is reintroducing the Border Patrol and Customs Agent Act, which ensures that the salaries of Customs Border Protection […]
Dozens of conservative leaders back clean stopgap to avert shutdown
Leaders and organizers of dozens of major conservative activists are urging Congressional Republicans to support clean, continuing resolutions (CRs) to avoid government shutdowns in memos organized by the Conservative Action Project. “Conservatives support President Trump's efforts to streamline and rebuild the federal government that works for the American people. With the March 14 funding deadline […]
Education Department shutdown 'needs to be priority': Jonathan Butcher
Heritage Foundation fellow Jonathan Butcher said closing the Department of Education (DOE) “must be a priority for conservatives.” President Trump was expected to sign the executive order on Thursday, but requested newly minted Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin disbanding the department, but White House officials confirmed with News Nation that this has not happened. […]