Air travel: The nation’s air-travel system is expected to operate relatively normally during a shutdown. Air traffic controllers and TSA screeners are deemed essential workers — however, those people won’t be paid until the shutdown ends, and TSA lines could ...
Senate passes funding bill to avert government shutdown - awaits Biden’s signature The Senate passed a bill overnight to fund the government for the rest of the year. The bill now heads to President Biden's desk where the White House says he is expected to sign it Saturday. ...
President Joe Biden signed a short-term government funding bill into law, preventing a shutdown. The measure will keep the government running through Feb. 18. The legislation buys Democrats time as they try to raise or suspend the U.S. debt ceiling before Dec. 15 and pass their $1.75 tril...
Three weeks later, Trump signed a compromise spending bill to avert another government shutdown, ultimately accepting a bill that did not meet his $5.7 billion demand for his long-promised border wall. When was the longest government shutdown? Before the early 1980s, the government would typical...
Error loading player: No playable sources found The partial shutdown of the government became the longest on record at midnight Friday (0500 GMT Saturday), when it overtook the 21-day stretch in 1995-1996, under President Bill Clinton.
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President Joe Biden on Thursday night signed Congress’ stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown and extend government funding through December 3, according to the White House.
ET on the continuing resolution to end the government shutdown, a Democratic aide tells CNN. They’ll also be voting on a Department of Homeland Security bill. Both are expected to pass with unanimous consent. After that, the resolution to fund the government will head to President Trump...
President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with Republicans over the federal budget into 2024.
They also want to inject border security into the spending talks, and are insisting that HR 2, a House GOP-passed border security bill, be attached to any continuing resolutions. A number of conservatives have also called to shut down the government if their demands on border policy are ...