Congressional leaders strike deal on Homeland Security funding ahead of shutdown deadline
Congressional leaders have struck a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the remainder of fiscal year 2024, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill, ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline. The six bills scheduled to be submitted by now have been completed. Negotiators are still finalizing the details and […]
Congress scrambles to avert shutdown as deadline looms again – US politics live | US Congress
Congress races to avoid shutdown as deadline approaches Congress faces another critical government funding deadline as lawmakers scramble to avoid a shutdown by midnight Friday, when funding runs out in six large annual spending bills that cover about 70% of all federal discretionary spending. Near at hand. Negotiators were close to reaching an agreement on […]
Deal to avert shutdown held up over Homeland Security fight
Negotiations over the annual Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill are at a standstill, with a bipartisan agreement to fund government departments and avert a government shutdown later this week. The package, originally scheduled to be announced Sunday, would include five full-time funding bills covering the departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, […]
5 sticking points in the fight to avert a shutdown
Lawmakers are rushing to agree on six final government funding bills, but face numerous hurdles as they head toward Friday’s shutdown deadline. A divided Congress just finished initial work on a fiscal year 2024 funding bill last week. But some negotiators believe the tranche, which targets government agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security […]
GOP effort to halt UNRWA funding emerges as late shutdown threat
Funding for the United Nations agency providing relief to Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has emerged as a serious hurdle as parliamentary negotiators scramble to prevent a partial government shutdown next weekend. Republicans are pushing to block further funding to UNRWA following allegations that dozens of its staff took part in a Hamas attack on Israel last […]
Biden signs funding package, avoiding government shutdown
President Biden signed into law a $460 billion government funding package on Saturday, after the Senate averted a partial shutdown the night before. The “minibus” bill would ensure enough funding to keep many federal agencies open through September. The bill bundles six bills sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), House Speaker Mike Johnson […]
Senate passes ‘minibus’ spending bill, dodge partial government shutdown
The Senate passed a $467.5 billion “minibus” spending bill Friday night to avert a government shutdown, sending the bill to President Biden’s desk just before meeting a midnight deadline. The bill passed 75-22, with 21 Republicans voting against it and only one Democrat voting against it. upper room The vote was 63-35. It began in […]
Senate sends $460B bill to avert shutdown to Biden’s desk just hours before deadline
Senators passed a bill Friday that would fund numerous government agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2024, pushing several closure deadlines after Congress has struggled for months to approve a full-year spending bill. The bill was sent to President Biden’s desk ahead of time. The Senate on Friday night passed a six-bill $460 billion […]
Senate passes funding package to avoid government shutdown
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Top GOP negotiator warns lawmakers ‘stop playing with fire’ before shutdown deadline
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, warned lawmakers to “stop playing with fire” hours before an impending deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown. “I want to warn my colleagues: Failure to act at midnight will result in a partial government shutdown tonight,” Collins said. “It would affect […]