CHRISTIANSTED, V.I. — President Biden signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill into law on Thursday, averting a shutdown and keeping the government funded through September while adding to his legacy…
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Lawmakers Unveil Spending Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown
The package, which provides roughly $1.7 trillion to keep the government funded, also sets aside billions of dollars more for emergency aid, including over $40 billion for Ukraine, more than…
Lawmakers unveil sweeping government funding bill to avert shutdown
CNN — Lawmakers early Tuesday unveiled legislative text of a massive full-year government funding bill that Congress hopes to pass to avert a shutdown at the end of the week.…
Congress Clears One-Week Spending Bill to Avert Immediate Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON — Congress cleared a one-week spending bill on Thursday to avert a government shutdown this weekend, buying additional time for lawmakers to resolve frenzied negotiations over a broader spending…
House passes government funding to avert shutdown
CNN — The House of Representatives voted on Friday to approve a stopgap bill to fund the government through December 16 and avert a shutdown just hours ahead of a…
Who’s to Blame for a Factory Shutdown: A Company, or California?
VERNON, Calif. — Teresa Robles begins her shift around dawn most days at a pork processing plant in an industrial corridor four miles south of downtown Los Angeles. She spends…
How the Tampa Bay Lightning built a shutdown line on the fly — and might change it up again
DENVER — During their back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, the Tampa Bay Lightning had a secret weapon. Their checking line of Yanni Gourde, Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow had the unique…
Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown ahead of Friday deadline
The House of Representatives voted last week on a bipartisan basis to approve the measure, known as a continuing resolution or CR for short, to extend funding through March 11.…
Congress on verge of avoiding shutdown after last-minute brinkmanship
The probability of a shutdown is not off the desk however, nevertheless, since the Senate will need arrangement from all 100 senators to commence with a fast vote and prolong…
Government Shutdown Still Looms as House Passes Spending Bill
WASHINGTON — A divided Home on Thursday permitted laws to keep the govt funded by way of mid-February, but a team of Senate Republicans was nonetheless threatening to pressure a…