Congress has until Saturday night to pass a dozen appropriations bills funding the federal government for another year. Sep 25, 2023 The impacts of a potential federal government shutdown Time is running out to avoid a government shutdown – so what comes next, and how could a possible shutdo...
A shutdown happens when Congress fails to approve the funding bills, called appropriations bills, that promise money to different parts of the federal government so they can function. Lawmakers are supposed to pass 12 different spending bills to fund agencies across th...
The five-week partial shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, according to a Congressional Budget Officereport. The CBO said most of that would be recovered once the shutdown ended, but estimated a permanent loss of about $3 billion. Businesses across the countrythat relied on government custome...
Meanwhile, Biden’s signature on the spending bill only delays the threat of a shutdown. Democrats will try to craft full-year appropriations bills that can pass both chambers of Congress before funding runs out on Feb. 18. Still, Republicans have preferred longer continuing resolutions, which ...
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Congress has increasingly turned to repeated stopgap bills to punt funding deadlines. 7 months ago Government shutdown averted as Congress passes spending bill President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan bill into law that includes money to hire 2,000 additional border agents to assist with the ongoing...
The voting on the bills, backed by the White House and Democrats respectively, on day 34 of the government shutdown, yielded no winner as neither received the 60 yes-votes needed to move forward. Moderate lawmakers from both parties pleaded in the wake of the voting for cooperation, while ...
LIVE UPDATES: Congress races to avert a government shutdown Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumerannounced Wednesday eveningthat an agreement had been reached, paving the way for a Thursday vote in the chamber on a continuing resolution, which keeps the government funded at current levels for a set...
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.
With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: paralyzed as conservatives feud with Kevin McCarthy.