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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 …

House Democrats on Tuesday voted to approve a stopgap bill to keep the federal government running and suspend the debt ceiling past the 2022 midterms. In a 220-211 vote along party lines, the House passed the measure, setting up a likely clash in the Senate where Republicans threatened to block …