Live updates: House votes down Trump-backed spending bill as government shutdown looms
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has a new proposal to avert a government shutdown, which would extend federal spending for three months and suspend the debt limit for two years in a bid to satisfy President-elect Donald Trump,
House votes to avoid government shutdown and approves bipartisan funding bill
Days of chaos and uncertainty on Capitol Hill appear to be winding down. A bill backed by President-elect Trump to keep the government open was rejected by the House Thursday night. But on Friday, an apparent breakthrough was announced by Speaker Mike Johnson.
Biden signs bill to fund government after standoff and threat of holiday shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump and multibillionaire Elon Musk had sunk an earlier bipartisan deal, only to see their preferred replacement voted down.
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.
Biden signs government funding bill, averting a shutdown
President Biden signed a funding bill to avert a prolonged government shutdown into law on Saturday, ending a turbulent week in Washington. Early Saturday morning, the Senate overwhelmingly approved the bill by a margin of 85-11,
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.
Biden signs funding bill after Congress narrowly avoids government shutdown
President Biden has signed a bill to fund the government through mid-March after Congress reached an 11th-hour deal to prevent a government shutdown before the holidays. But the chaos that led to that deal is raising questions about House Speaker Mike Johnson's future,
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.
A Senate Vote Ended U.S. Shutdown Fears. It Won’t Be the Last Such Crisis.
Investors should get used to budget brinkmanship in Congress, even with the Republicans in control of both houses.
Biden Signs Spending Bill, Finalizing End to Shutdown Drama
President Biden’s signature, while technically coming after the midnight deadline for a shutdown, ensured that there would be ...
Evening Report — Down to the wire: Shutdown threat looms
Report © Greg NashJohnson under fire as House nears vote to avert government shutdown THE HOUSE WILL VOTE FRIDAY EVENING on a ...
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House Rejects Trump-Backed Government Funding Bill As Shutdown Nears
The House shot down ... bill proposal this week as a potential government shutdown looms. The House voted 235-174 against the bill, with 38 Republicans crossing the aisle and voting “no ...
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House votes down Republican bill to avert shutdown on eve of the deadline
That is why we are voting no on this bill — and to stop this reckless regressive and reactionary Republican shutdown," he said. House Democrats plan to meet Friday morning to discuss ...
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Trump-backed spending bill goes down in flames as shutdown looms
A bill to avert a partial government shutdown that was backed by President ... should do what is best for our Country, and vote ‘YES’ for this Bill, TONIGHT!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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Government shutdown updates: Biden signs funding bill, averting shutdown
agencies will not shut down and may continue their normal operations," the White House added. The Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight ...
Bill to fund the government through March 14 unveiled but Johnson’s dealmaking with Democrats angers conservatives
Lawmakers unveiled a stop-gap spending bill on Tuesday night to prevent a shutdown that funds the government through March 14 ...
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Here's what happens if the government shuts down right before the holidays
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will shut down this weekend unless Congress comes ... Before the House even scheduled a vote on it, Musk began posting negatively about the bill to his more ...