United States President Donald Trump signed a bill on Saturday to fund the government through the end of September, preventing a partial shutdown.
The continuing resolution will keep funding close to current levels but makes slight adjustments. It trims non-defense funding by $13 billion...
The United States Senate passed a six-month spending bill only hours before the government shutdown deadline. The Senate vote was 54-46 and almost entirely along party lines. The only exceptions were Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Senator Angus King of Maine,...
The United States Congress advanced a Republican stopgap bill to keep government agencies funded until September 30, a key procedural hurdle to avert a government shutdown that is set to start in less than eight hours.The 62-38 vote Friday saw 10 Democrats joining with Republicans to clear the...
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown. The bill will now head to the Senate. 217 lawmakers voted in favor, including all except one House Republican, and 213 Democrats were against.The legislation, which funds federal...
US President Donald Trump is actively reaching out on Monday to lawmakers who might oppose a plan designed to prevent a government shutdown by the week's end, Fox News reported, citing a White House official.Insiders have reported that Trump's team is contacting Capitol Hill in anticipation of a...
United States House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday that he hopes Democratic lawmakers "come to the table in good faith" and agree on a short-term government funding bill called a continuing resolution (CR) to avert a shutdown on March 14.Johnson said yesterday that he wants the CR...
The United States Senate approved on Saturday a stopgap bill to fund the government until March 25. The legislation was previously adopted by the House of Representatives. The Senate voted on the bill less than an hour after the midnight deadline (local time), technically leading to a brief...
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown. The bill will now head to the Senate. 366 lawmakers voted in favor, including all except one House Democrat, and 34 Republicans were against.The legislation will provide federal funding...
United States House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on Friday that there will be no government shutdown after lawmakers failed to adopt a short-term funding bill. Without it, the government will run out of funds on Saturday."There is a unanimous agreement in the room that we need to move forward....
Fitch Ratings said on Friday that a brief government shutdown in the United States is unlikely to harm most public finance entities. However, the agency noted in a statement that a long deadlock could hurt those depending on federal support for healthcare, education, housing, and transit...
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