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Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote early Saturday to approve a $1.2 trillion spending package, sending the measure to President Joe Biden for his signature with no time to spare after missing a midnight deadline. The 74-24 vote wraps up the government funding …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congress released the final six government funding bills early Thursday, starting off a sprint toward the Friday midnight deadline to wrap up work that was supposed to be finished nearly six months ago. The bipartisan agreement on the $1.2 trillion spending package, which emerged just before …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congressional staff were scrambling Wednesday to finalize sweeping legislation that would fund much of the federal government, but time was running short ahead of a Friday midnight deadline. Leaders of the House and Senate and the Biden administration announced Tuesday they’d reached consensus on the final …

Jimmy Williams Congressional leaders, alongside President Joe Biden, have reached a breakthrough agreement to fund the government, resolving a deadlock over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that had stalled negotiations. In a statement, Speaker Mike Johnson announced the DHS deal, signaling progress toward completing funding for the …

Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent President Joe Biden huddled with top congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday amid a crunch over government funding as well as a familiar stalemate over assistance to two major allies — and no solution immediately in sight. Lawmakers leaving the meeting, which lasted about …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to fund the government into the new year, though the measure must pass the Senate by the end of the week if Congress is going to avoid a partial government shutdown. The 336-95 House vote was the first major …

Mel Leonor Barclay Originally published by The 19th In the intensely divided 118th Congress, the job of leading bipartisan efforts to keep the government funded will belong to four women lawmakers for the first time ever. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington will become the second woman ever to lead …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House voted Friday to approve a sweeping $1.7 trillion government spending package that carries along with it dozens of new initiatives, including an update to how Congress certifies electoral votes for president and new protections for pregnant workers. The 225-201 bipartisan vote, with one member voting present, sends …

Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix U.S. Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion funding package Thursday that carries emergency aid for natural disaster recovery and the Ukrainian war effort, pushing past disputes over immigration policy and barely meeting a Friday deadline when current funding runs out. The bill, supported by both Democrats and Republicans, …

Ashley Murray, Michigan Advance Any last hopes of resurrecting the expanded child tax credit as part of Congress’ massive spending package were dashed early Tuesday when the 4,155-page bill was released without a mention of the tax benefit. The temporary expanded child tax credit, part of a COVID-19 relief deal …

Congress unveiled a $1.7 trillion spending package early Tuesday that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, completing the annual process that began this spring when President Joe Biden sent lawmakers his budget request.  Biden’s chief budget official in a statement urged Congress to speedily …

The U.S. Senate sent President Joe Biden a one-week government funding bill late Thursday, giving negotiators a few more days to wrap up talks on what is expected to be a $1.7 trillion package to keep the federal government up and running through September. The short-term bill is the second …

The House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding measure on Tuesday night to keep the U.S. government up and running through March 11. Current funding is expected to run out Feb. 18, and without a full-year funding bill or this continuing resolution, the government would shut down at midnight on …

On Thursday, Congress averted a government shutdown just a day before the funding deadline was set to expire. After the House voted mostly along party lines to fund the government at current levels through Feb. 18 earlier in the afternoon, the Senate took up the continuing resolution on Thursday night …

Congress averted a government shutdown hours before the midnight deadline on Thursday, providing funding through Dec. 3 and sending the bill to President Joe Biden‘s desk for his signature. In a 254-175 vote, the House voted on a stopgap bill to fund the government at current levels for another nine …