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 […]
President Biden signs stopgap measure to avoid government shutdown
President Biden on Saturday signed the emergency measure approved by Congress on Friday to prevent a government shutdown. The White House announced that Biden signed the bill in a short statement. The bill would continue funding the government through March 14, provide disaster relief and extend farm laws. The House approved the bill Friday night […]
DAVID MARCUS: De facto President Trump’s handling of shutdown threat was a masterclass
newYou can now listen to Fox News articles. Donald Trump won't be president of the United States for another month, at least not literally. But his recent victory in the budget battle shows that by all accounts he is already the country's leader, and it's not too early. In just a few days, President Trump's […]
Live updates: Government shutdown disarray offers preview of Trump term battles
The government funding deadline arrived early Saturday just as Congress passed a tentative plan to prevent a government shutdown after days and nights of chaos in Washington. President Biden is expected to sign the funding bill on Saturday. The chaos at the Capitol this week, marking the end of the 118th Congress, offers a glimpse […]
Shutdown chaos has Republicans worried about moving Trump agenda
Republican lawmakers say Congress' near-shutdown of the government shows that House Republicans do not have a working majority, making it difficult to pass President-elect Trump's agenda in 2025. It is said that it gives a bad feeling about something. Republicans in both chambers generally agree on the need to secure the border and extend President […]
Biden ‘AWOL’ amid shutdown fight: ‘He’s completely disappeared’
President Biden and his administration largely sat out the messy negotiations over government funding that gripped Capitol Hill this week. Instead, it was President-elect Trump and his allies wrestling with lawmakers over a continuing resolution as a government shutdown seemed increasingly inevitable. The White House on Friday brushed off numerous questions about Biden's absence from […]
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 […]
Senate passes bill to stop shutdown, sending it to President Biden’s desk
Senators voted to pass a new version of the emergency spending bill early Saturday morning, past the midnight deadline for a partial government shutdown. The Senate voted 85-11 to pass the third version of the short-term spending bill, which will now be sent to President Biden's desk, which he has already indicated he intends to […]
Timing up in the air for Congress to vote on spending bill as government shutdown looms
Republican lawmakers have indicated the House could vote on another CR proposal on Friday to avert a looming partial government shutdown, but the timing remains uncertain. Representative Anna Paulina Luna, R-Florida, told reporters outside Speaker Mike Johnson's office that lawmakers were “very close to an agreement” and a vote could take place that morning. suggested […]