Disney World and other Orlando parks to reopen Friday after Hurricane Milton shutdown
Florida theme parks, including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld, were scheduled to reopen Friday after assessing the impact of Hurricane Milton. The public will be welcome again, although some Halloween special events will not take place and will not necessarily be fully operational on Friday, the park said in a statement. As Milton […]
Reporter’s Notebook: With no government shutdown, it feels like Christmas in September
Orange and yellow triangular candy corns are spread all over the house. Reese's Cups have transformed from their original fluted wafer shape to chocolate and peanut butter pumpkins. The dog regularly freaks out when you take it for a walk, and when you turn a corner in your neighborhood, a mechanical ghoul starts laughing with […]
Critical battles loom as Congress looks to avoid crippling ‘shutdown crisis’ for next president
The Capitol will be empty for the next six weeks as lawmakers prepare for a much different situation in Washington and possibly the United States when they return after Election Day. The House and Senate will be in recess until November 11th. The break will give vulnerable lawmakers enough time to campaign before voters head […]
Shutdown showdown yields to bipartisan compromise — of sorts
Last Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) withdrew a six-month stopgap government funding bill that included a citizenship requirement for voter registration due to a lack of votes. Former President Donald Trump immediately spoke out, urging Republicans not to pass a bill that did not require citizenship and supporting alternatives to a government shutdown. Johnson […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘A shutdown in December shouldn’t be off the table’
Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) doesn't fit the typical media portrayal of a chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. Harris was born in New York, where her parents only emigrated a few years ago. She went to high school in Manhattan, became a doctor, and is now Maryland's only Democratic-leaning Republican congressman. If that wasn't […]
Senate sends bill to avert government shutdown to Biden's desk
Senators on Wednesday passed a short-term budget extension bill that would keep the government running through mid-December and avert a pre-election shutdown just days before the deadline at the end of the month. The Senate voted 78-18 to pass a stopgap measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR), that would keep the government's budget at […]
Senate passes funding bill without SAVE Act, avoiding potential shutdown
The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Wednesday, avoiding a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and allowing legislators up for re-election to head home early to campaign. By a vote of 78 to 18, senators approved a spending bill that will keep funding steady until Dec. 20, known as a […]
Congress one step closer to avoiding government shutdown after bill passes House
Just weeks before Election Day, Congress took a critical step toward averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the month. Faced with an Oct. 1 deadline and little bipartisan progress on spending priorities for fiscal year 2025, the House on Wednesday passed a short-term extension of current fiscal year federal funding levels to […]
House passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a three-month government funding bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month, sending it to the Senate for debate. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 341-82 to fund the government at current levels through Dec. 20. The Senate is expected to […]
Johnson to sidestep GOP rebels on government funding, seek Dem support to avoid shutdown
House Republican leaders are poised to fend off GOP opposition to a federal funding plan as they race against the clock to prepare for a partial government shutdown. “There are a lot of people out there who really think a government shutdown is a good idea, or at least don't want to take responsibility for […]