Johnson says deal to avert shutdown will probably be 'clean,' without DOGE cuts
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that a suspension to avoid government shutdowns next month would be “inevitable” and that it would be as “clean” as possible as both sides struggle for weeks to strike a full-year funding agreement. “It appears inevitable at this point,” Johnson was pressed for the prospect of a six-month stop, […]
Shutdown fight collides with GOP push for Trump priorities
The race to prevent government shutdown next month is clashing with Republican efforts to enact President Trump's tax and funding priorities. Congressional negotiators have struggled for weeks to enter into bipartisan contracts to maintain government funding past the mid-March deadline. At the same time, House Republicans are competing to pass the bill through a budget […]
What Dems are demanding as they finally get leverage in race to prevent government shutdown
Congressional Democrats want to ensure President Donald Trump and his administration are not exempt, or will not spend some of the money allocated to the new spending bill to avoid government shutdowns at the March 14 deadline I want to choose. They are specifically asking Trump to spend the money as Congress was allocated, which […]
Congress closing in on shutdown deadline with no clear plan
Congress is struggling to sign contracts to maintain government funds as an impending deadline to prevent the closure next month. Lawmakers will pass the law to prevent funds from lapsing, as they have not been a month since mid-March. “We can't do exactly the same kind of deals before. We try to work hard to […]
Republicans hope to jam through defense, border funding boost ahead of shutdown fight
Senate Republicans have an ambitious goal of thwarting them apart from the budget-based process, through increased funding for defense and border security, ahead of the mid-March deadline to prevent government shutdowns. Masu. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (Rs.C.) told President Trump this week, “It would really help if he could give him the money […]
Senate Democrats split over how to combat Trump's USAID shutdown
Senate Democrats are divided into ways to oppose President Trump's attempts to cut down the US International Development Agency (USAID) in a bigger battle with the administration's efforts to review the federal government. On one hand, there are Democrats seeking to enlist Republican allies, historically solid supporters of foreign aid, as an important tool to […]
Republicans skeptical of major gains on Trump orders in shutdown fight
Some Republicans are codifying President Trump's orders in the next fiscal year to cut federal spending into a barrel of Congress split towards a closure period. Trump expressed optimism pursued by his “government efficiency” this week, led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, “Get a very simple vote” in GOP-led Congress Sho. Please entangle with the […]
Dems flirt with government shutdown threat despite past warnings of consequences
Democrats have raised concerns about a partial government shutdown and warn that they may withhold support for President Donald Trump's plan to protest the federal shaking. Left leaders who warned of the devastating consequences of past government shutdowns have now publicly shown that this could be possible. “What leverage do we have? Republicans lecture America […]
Activists accuse NYC shops of selling ‘sickly’ chickens in scramble before bird-flu shutdown
It's the chicken business. Animal activists accused the Brooklyn and Queens markets of selling live chickens “looking sick” when they scrambled to clear stock before the national shutdown due to avian flu. Animal advocacy group Nyclass shares a hindrance photo that says he is showing Tiva in Ridgewood. . “We suspect that many of these […]
The real reason elites fear a USAID shutdown
The efficiency of President Donald Trump and his government wasted no time exposing large, unfair spending of taxpayer dollars by USAID. According to Elon Musk in the X Spaces conversation, Trump believes that government agencies cannot fix it due to minor house cleaning and need to close it. Secretary of State Marco Rubio similarly told […]