Politics Mar 22 House GOP may face another leadership battle after effort to avoid government shutdown By Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura
Politics Mar 18 Negotiators race to finish government funding bills after late clash on Homeland Security Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding government agencies for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown that could begin this weekend. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
World Mar 09 Watch 3:04 News Wrap: Gazans scramble for food airdropped from U.S. and Jordan In our news wrap Saturday, Gaza is on the brink of famine on the eve of Ramadan, Biden signed six spending bills that avert a partial government shutdown for two weeks, a helicopter crash killed three U.S. personnel on a…
Politics Mar 09 Biden signs package of spending bills passed by Congress hours before shutdown deadline President Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. The legislation's success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations… By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Politics Mar 08 Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies The vote gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for this budget year. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Mar 08 Watch 5:47 What’s in the new spending bill the Senate is racing to pass to avoid a shutdown By Lisa Desjardins Funding the U.S. government is down to the wire as Senate lawmakers run up to a midnight deadline to pass a major spending bill and prevent a partial government shutdown. Lisa Desjardins has been following the latest and joins Geoff… Continue watching
Mar 06 House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The House has passed a $460 billion package of spending bills that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget year. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation before the shutdown deadline. Continue reading
Mar 01 President Biden signs short-term spending bill to avoid partial government shutdown By Associated Press The measure gives lawmakers some more time to draft and pass spending measures to keep the federal government operating for the current fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. Continue reading
Feb 29 Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buying more time for final spending agreement By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The extension averts a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise have kicked in at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Continue reading
Feb 29 The House approves another short-term extension to avoid a shutdown. Senators are up next to vote By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The legislation approved Thursday will allow Congress to avoid a shutdown for parts of the federal government set to kick in Saturday. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill later in the day. Continue reading