Lawmakers race to avoid looming shutdown as blame game begins

Lawmakers are desperately trying to avoid a partial shutdown before Friday’s funding deadline, an effort made more difficult over the weekend after leaders failed to reach an agreement on who is responsible for the holdup. An argument was exchanged. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York announced Sunday that Congressional leaders have not yet […]
Lawmakers fail to reach deal with partial shutdown looming

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that Congress is struggling to build bipartisan consensus just days before a critical funding deadline, and that the government will continue to push back against what he called “harmful and unnecessary government.” He slammed Republicans for threatening to shut down the agency. “We are just days away […]
Republicans losing faith in Johnson to score wins on conservative priorities during government shutdown fight

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GOP Expecting A Government Shutdown?

The Pro-Trump News homepage sees 60 new headlines every 24 hours. Click here to take a look. House Republicans are reportedly privately predicting a government shutdown. If a budget or interim bill is not passed by March 1, there will be a partial government shutdown. The complete closure will last until March 8th. There will […]
House recesses with just two days to solve government shutdown standoff

The House has only two days left in session before the first of Congress’s two government shutdown deadlines, and lawmakers are on a very short timeline to reach a bipartisan agreement. House members ended the week Thursday afternoon after leaders canceled a vote scheduled for Friday. Unless lawmakers attend caucus meetings or committee work, they […]
House Leaves Washington Without Passing Spending Bills Ahead Of Government Shutdown Deadline

The House will go into a two-week recess ahead of the deadline for the third extension of government funding for fiscal year 2024, leaving just three days of legislative time when it resumes. On January 18, the House and Senate passed a continuing resolution, the third of this fiscal year, to avert a partial government […]
FCC should probe Apple over Beeper Mini shutdown: GOP Commissioner

Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the agency should investigate Apple over its move to block the Beeper Mini app, which gave Android users access to iMessage. Carr, a frequent critic of Apple and other Big Tech companies, expressed concern that the Cupertino, California-based company had violated the Federal Communications Commission’s Title 14 regulations. ” […]
Lawmakers face sticking points as looming shutdown deadline nears

Congressional negotiators face a series of hurdles in crafting legislation to fund the government as they add budget constraints and navigate partisan divides. Spending cardinals in both chambers say they have made significant progress in spending negotiations as they finalize how the funds will be distributed, but say they have yet to address a list […]
Congress barrels toward government shutdown deadlines with little progress so far

Lawmakers are once again taking their time finding a way to avoid a government shutdown. House and Senate leaders met in mid-January and passed a short-term extension of last year’s government spending levels, known as the continuing resolution (CR), giving them more time to fast-track an agreement for the remainder of fiscal year 2024. . […]
Border ‘Shutdown’ Rule Is Optional, Loopholed, Temporary Distraction

A provision buried deep in the 280-page bill says that emergency border “closures” touted in the regime’s border law would not be triggered unless the president’s Department of Homeland Security says so. ing. Possible loopholes in the law include: saw Page 119: Whenever border emergency authorities are activated, the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole and […]