Lawmakers react to stopgap funding and averting government shutdown
Lawmakers are having their say after President Biden signed a stopgap bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March and avoiding a shutdown.
Lawmakers pass bill to avoid a government shutdown
Lawmakers in the House and Senate finally reached an agreement to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the holidays. It comes after President-elect Trump and Elon Musk demanded a new government funding plan earlier in the week.
Will the government shut down? Iowa GOP lawmakers on Trump rejecting funding extension
The U.S. government is less than 48 hours away from running out of funding, leaving the idea of a government shutdown looming in the minds of many.
Congress passes bipartisan deal to avert government shutdown
Congress passed a short-term plan to keep the government’s doors open until President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Congress passes funding bill, averting a government shutdown
Congress has pushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown. It now goes to President Joe Biden, who is expected to quickly sign it into law.
Voters react to Congress passing last-minute bill to avert government shutdown
People reacted with a mixture of relief and indifference to news Saturday that a government shutdown had been averted after a last-minute deal was reached in Congress to fund operations.
Government shutdown recap: Congress passes funding deal
Congress passed a bipartisan deal spending deal after Donald Trump and Elon Musk tanked an earlier bill. The government did not shut down.
President Biden Signs Revised Plan to Avert Government Shutdown
The House and Senate approved stopgap spending legislation to avert a government shutdown. The bill marked the House's third attempt to pass a spending bill this week.
Colorado’s seismic budget gap has given key lawmakers a grim task: “What programs are we going to cut?”
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Lawmakers take a big step toward avoiding a shutdown: From the Politics Desk
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US agriculture primed to be next frontier in cybersecurity in new year, experts, lawmakers say
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Lawmakers sneak a pay raise and an exit from Obamacare into year-end spending bill
Members of Congress, who haven’t received a pay raise in 15 years, plan to boost their salaries by 6% and exempt themselves ...
CT federal lawmakers cheer $480 million in four contracts awarded to Sikorsky
These blockbuster contracts, providing newest model helicopters, are crucial to key defense capabilities,” a federal lawmaker ...
No, the proposed Congressional stopgap bill doesn't give lawmakers a 40% pay raise
It's true that the proposed spending bill would give lawmakers a salary increase, but the actual raise would be 3.8%, ...
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Illinois lawmakers consider Tier 2 pension changes as new session approaches
Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government ...
Taiwan lawmakers clash after one party breaks into legislature to occupy speaker's chair
Lawmakers clashed in Taiwan's legislature Friday when members of the president's political party who had broken into the ...
Half of Mass. lawmakers hold second jobs despite full-time pay
About two dozen lawmakers — or roughly one in eight of all 200 — reported earning more than $100,000 in addition to their ...
Top Priorities for Lawmakers
When lawmakers gavel in the new legislative session in March, they’ll have a long to-do list. But will lawmakers stick to the ...