Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch The most conservative Republicans in the U.S. House announced Tuesday they won’t support the short-term spending bill that’s needed to stop a partial government shutdown from beginning on Oct. 1. Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, said the group is not interested in …
Read More »What Congress Still Has To Do To Fund The Government
Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th When the U.S. House of Representatives joins the Senate back in Washington this week, both chambers will be racing to complete the annual government-funding process and avoid a shutdown at the end of September. Among the major sticking points are proposals offered by …
Read More »GOP Shutdown Threat Raises Risk of ‘Inhumane’ Cuts to Food Aid
Republican threats to shut down the federal government if spending isn’t drastically cut have put funding for a critical nutrition aid program at risk as hunger grows across the nation, with the recent lapse of pandemic-era assistance leaving many low-income families struggling to put food on the table. The Special …
Read More »House Freedom Caucus Threatens ‘Reckless’ Government Shutdown Unless Far-Right Demands Met
With Congress on August recess, the far-right House Freedom Caucus on Monday issued expected but unlikely-to-be-met demands for a stopgap funding bill that would avert an October government shutdown. Members of the Senate and House of Representatives are set to return to Capitol Hill on the first and second Tuesday …
Read More »Congress Takes Recess as Childcare and Health Center Funding Cliffs Loom
More than 3 million kids across the United States could lose childcare and nearly 7 million patients could lose access to primary care if Congress doesn’t approve funding by September 30. But lawmakers in both the House and Senate left town for August recess late last week after making little …
Read More »House Sends Stopgap Spending Bill To Biden Hours Ahead Of Shutdown Deadline
House members, mostly along party lines, cleared a spending package Friday that would bolster funding for natural disaster response, though with Hurricane Ian still battering the Southeast, lawmakers will likely need to approve another aid bill later this year. The measure would provide $2.5 billion in assistance for the Hermit’s …
Read More »Senate Approves Stopgap Spending Bill With Disaster Relief, Heating Aid
Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury The U.S. Senate approved broadly bipartisan legislation Thursday that would provide billions for natural disaster relief, military and economic aid to Ukraine as well as funding to help low-income families offset the rising costs of heating and cooling their homes. The legislation includes $2.5 billion in …
Read More »Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert a Weekend Shutdown
The Senate on Thursday approved a stopgap extension of government funding through March 11, giving lawmakers three more weeks to work out a full-year spending deal. The vote was 65-27. With lawmakers racing this week to meet a Friday deadline — current funding was set to expire — and eager …
Read More »House Passes Three Week Funding Measure; Averts Shutdown
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 …
Read More »Congress Passes Government Funding, Averts Shutdown
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 …
Read More »Congress Passes Government Funding Bill; Avoids Shutdown
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 …
Read More »House Passes Stopgap Bill To Fund Government; Raise Debt Ceiling
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 …
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