Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached a last-minute compromise to keep the federal government running and avoid a costly shutdown. A 45-day stopgap spending bill with wide bipartisan support in both chambers passed both the House and Senate with hours to spare, and ...
On Monday, Reagan vetoed the plan and ordered the government to shut down, placing 250,000 federal employees on furlough. Later in the day, lawmakers passed a stopgap bill to keep the government funded and allow more time for talks on a deal. Workers returned the next day. Sept. 30, 198...
Thatbill was referred to the Appropriations Committee, and there has not been any update on its progress since. Metro:Back in September, Metro General Manager Randy Clarke said there would be no major changes to Metro service if there was a shutdown, but some c...
s plan because it is necessary for our energy security, and to make more clean energy available to the American people,” said Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary. “We will continue to work with him to find a vehicle to bring this bill to the floor and get it passed....
"If this had been a vote to begin debate on a deal to end the shutdown, I would have happily voted yes," Lee said in a statement after the vote, adding "this bill as is simply does not do enough to reform our immigration system or address the crisis at our southern border." ...
Maintains funding based on the current rate to prevent a lapse in spending. Anomalies provide spending adjustments. Lawmakers averted a government shutdown at the end of 2021 bypassing a CRon Dec. 2. How does the federal budget affect state budgets?
While the Senate passed a bipartisan bill to temporarily fund the government and avert a shutdown, the House hadn’t made progress toward doing the same by Wednesday afternoon. Free at-home COVID tests are back: Here’s how to get yours ...
On Monday, the Senate took up a House-passed bill that would have extended government funding to avert a shutdown and suspended the debt limit, butRepublicans blocked the measure. Senate Republicans have said that they would support a “clean” stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown if it...
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...
The House has voted to ensure that all federal employees will be paid retroactively after the partial government shutdown ends. The bill passed Friday requires that all employees, including those who have been furloughed, be paid as soon as possible once the government reopens. The Senate approve...