U.S. Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before federal government shutdown deadline
Now that the U.S. Senate has passed a government funding bill, it will go to President Trump for his signature.
Now that the U.S. Senate has passed a government funding bill, it will go to President Trump for his signature.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats who want to put limits on the Trump administration.
U.S. Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed the House but failed to limits on President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to cut government spending.
The spending bill that passed the U.S. House will need support from at least eight Democrats in the Senate to get the bill to President Trump’s desk.
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday. President Biden has signed it into law.
President Joe Biden and congressional leaders have reached an agreement on this fiscal year’s final set of spending bills.
President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with congressional Republicans over the federal budget into the new year, as wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel remains stalled.
The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson reached across the aisle to Democrats when conservatives revolted against his plan.
The threat of a federal government shutdown suddenly lifted late Saturday as President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open until November 17.
The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign.