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Congress votes to avert shutdown, sending short-term funding bill to Biden’s desk

The House approved a short-term spending bill Thursday to keep the government funded through March, sending the stopgap bill to President Biden's desk for signature a day before the deadline for the partial shutdown. Hours after the Senate approved the bill, Congress passed a two-step continuing resolution (CR) by a vote of 314-108, extending government […]

Senate Passes Bill Averting Shutdown, Sends to House for Imminent Vote

The Senate introduced a new short-term spending bill Thursday afternoon. The continuing resolution (CR) passed 77-18 over the objections of conservatives, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), who insisted on a vote to amend the bill, but it failed. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) immediately moved the House to set an afternoon vote. The passage extends funding […]

Senate passes government funding bill to avert shutdown until March

The Senate passed a stopgap government funding bill Thursday afternoon, with a vote in the House scheduled later today to avert a looming weekend shutdown. The Senate passed it 77-18. further spending The Department of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Food and Drug Administration, and Military Construction will remain […]

Senate, House race to avert government shutdown ahead of winter storm

Congress is rushing to greenlight short-term spending bills and avert a government shutdown ahead of a winter storm that will hit Washington and parts of the Northeast and Midwest. Government funding is set to expire at midnight late Friday, but bad weather is prompting lawmakers to finish the work sooner. The Senate and House of […]

Yellen warns of shutdown consequences as Congress races to pass spending bill 

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is urging Congress to quickly pass legislation to keep the government funded past the looming Friday shutdown deadline. “Failure to provide funding to the government by this Friday's deadline will hurt American families and small businesses across the country,” she said in remarks prepared for Wednesday's U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter […]

Senate advances bill to prevent shutdown this week past first hurdle

The Senate on Tuesday took the first step toward passing a bill to continue funding the government through March, with leaders aiming for final passage within days to prevent a government shutdown this weekend. Ta. The Senate voted 68-13 to adjourn the motion to move to vehicles for a two-step stopgap, also known as a […]

Congress races to avert shutdown amid conservative anger

The heavy responsibility comes as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) weathers growing anger at a news conference over his handling of spending issues as Congress rushes to fund the government before Friday's deadline for a partial shutdown. It is inevitable that it will become even heavier. The crazy move comes after Congressional leaders struck a […]