Even in a longer shutdown, the entire judiciary would not shut down, and decisions about what activities would continue would be made by each court around the country. The justices and all federal judges would continue to be paid because of the constitutional prohi...
Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown The Senate passed a short-term funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown Thursday evening. 7 months ago 7 months ago Congress set to vote on bipartisan deal to fund the government The vote will avert a partial governm...
shutdowns were delayed into January and December, respectively. This shows that, even if a CR is passed, there is no guarantee that a shutdown will ultimately be averted. Moreover, the chances of the House agreeing to whatever conditions the Senate lays out in its short-term stopgap are ...
UPDATE(Nov. 11, 2023 5:20 p.m. ET):On Saturday,House Republicans unveiled their planto avert a government shutdown. The untested two-step continuing resolution will face a tough road in the House, let alone the Senate. The good news: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,doesn’t want ...
Government shutdown averted by Senate dealJake Sherman
“It is unfortunate that members of the United States Senate are allowing politics to put the energy security of our nation at risk,” he said in a statement, adding that he believed “we should never come to the brink of a government shutdown over politics.” ...
The US Senate has rejected two bills to end the government shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies. The Republican legislation failed by 50-47 and the Democratic bill followed suit by 52-44. Both measures were long shots, needing 60 votes to pas...
The House has passed seven bills, while the Senate has passed three that were grouped together in a "minibus." None have been passed by both chambers. In September, Congress reached a last-minute deal to fund the government through Nov. 17 just hours before it was set to shutdown. ...
With less than two days to go until the critical deadline to extend federal funding, Congress is barreling toward a government shutdown as lawmakers have yet to reach a deal. The Senate put together a bipartisan proposal to avert a shutdown — but House Republicans have thrown cold w...
Just five days remain until a key government funding deadline, and even after congressional leaders announced a deal to avert a shutdown until March, the schedule leaves little room for error.