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 …
Read More »Massive $1.2 Trillion Spending Package That Would Avert A Shutdown Released By Congress
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 …
Read More »Congress Struggles To Finish Work On Spending Bills As Another Friday Deadline Nears
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 …
Read More »Congress Strikes Deal to Fund Government, Breaking Impasse
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 …
Read More »Congress Averts Shutdown: Senate Clears Funding Package, Sends to Biden’s Desk
Jimmy Williams In a 75-22 vote, the Senate approved a six-bill funding package, totaling $459 billion, just in time to prevent a partial government shutdown after midnight. The legislation addresses budgets for various federal departments and independent agencies, including those handling transportation, energy, housing, agriculture, and veterans programs. The bipartisan …
Read More »House Passes $468B Spending Package That Would Stave Off Shutdown
Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent U.S. House lawmakers cast a broadly bipartisan vote Wednesday to approve a six-bill government funding package, marking one of the few consequential votes on major legislation that chamber has taken since Republicans took the majority more than a year ago. The $468 billion package includes half …
Read More »A Day Ahead Of Shutdown, Congress Advances Stopgap Spending Bills
Jennifer Shutt, Washington State Standard Congress passed a short-term funding extension Thursday intended to give lawmakers a bit more time to wrap up work on the annual spending bills — dodging a shutdown despite election year politics and narrow margins. The stopgap spending bill, sometimes called a continuing resolution, or …
Read More »Congress Brokers Deal On Government Spending Deadlines, Trying To Avoid Shutdown
Jennifer Shutt, North Dakota Monitor House Republicans and Senate Democrats attempting to avert a partial government shutdown brokered an agreement Wednesday to extend government funding deadlines for a little while longer. The bipartisan deal will give Congress until March 8 to pass six spending bills lawmakers have finalized and until …
Read More »A Partial Government Shutdown Is Days Away. There’s No Agreement On Federal Funding Yet
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 …
Read More »Congress Speeds Through Short-Term Government Funding Bill Before Friday Shutdown Deadline
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congress will have until early March to finish work it was supposed to complete last fall — and will avert a partial government shutdown — under a bill both chambers approved with broad bipartisan support Thursday. The 77-18 vote in the Senate and 314-108 vote in the House …
Read More »Senate Moves To Avoid A Partial Government Shutdown, But Time Running Short
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to advance a short-term spending bill, but both chambers of Congress must approve the legislation before a Friday funding deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. The 68-13 procedural vote moves the bill toward a final vote …
Read More »With Partial Government Shutdown A Week Away, Johnson Says He’ll Stick To Spending Deal
Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson committed Friday to following the topline spending agreement he struck with Democrats less than a week ago, following a day of speculation that he was preparing to walk away from the deal. “Our top line agreement remains,” Johnson said in a …
Read More »Another Stopgap Spending Bill In The Works As Congress Struggles To Avert Shutdown
Jennifer Shutt, South Dakota Searchlight Congress on Wednesday appeared to be on track to pass a third deadline extension for at least some of the government funding bills that were supposed to become law more than three months ago — putting off a potential government shutdown. The move, while not …
Read More »Congressional Leaders Seal $1.66 Trillion Spending Deal
Jimmy Williams In a crucial move to sidestep a looming government shutdown, Congressional leaders have announced a comprehensive spending agreement for the remainder of 2024, amounting to $1.66 trillion. The deal, which encompasses $886 billion for defense and $772.7 billion for non-defense spending, aims to ensure the continuity of government …
Read More »A ‘chaotic’ January? Congress Faces Two Shutdown Deadlines With No Action Yet On Spending
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congress is staring down a funding cliff in mid-January and a second one in early February, but neither of those deadlines have inspired House and Senate leaders to broker agreement on the dozen bills that were supposed to become law by Oct. 1. Appropriators are concerned …
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