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 […]
Senate sends stopgap spending deal to avert shutdown to Biden's desk
The Senate passed a stopgap funding measure early Saturday morning, averting a government shutdown that would lead to the furloughs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers, ending a tumultuous week in Congress. Senators passed a continuing resolution that would extend funding at current levels through March 14, provide more than $100 billion in disaster […]
Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
The partial government shutdown began at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after Congress failed to pass a stopgap spending measure and send it to President Biden's desk by the deadline. However, the Senate is actively working to send the bill to Biden through votes on amendments and other considerations. The temporary bill is expected to be passed […]
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 […]
Here are the 34 Republicans that voted against the funding bill to avoid shutdown
On Friday night, more than 30 House Republicans voted against a government funding bill to avert a government shutdown. The bill passed the House on a 366-34-1 vote, exceeding the two-thirds majority requirement when Republican House leaders introduced the bill under a suspension of the rules process. All Democrats, except Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, […]