Government shutdown highlights: Congress votes to keep ... - NBC News
Dec 20, 2024 · Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a short-term spending bill.
Biden signs stopgap bipartisan measure to fund government ... - CBS News
Dec 19, 2024 · Washington — President Biden signed a funding bill to avert a prolonged government shutdown into law on Saturday, ending a turbulent week in Washington. Early Saturday morning, the Senate...
Spending Fight Shows Limits of Trump Power to Change Fiscal Path
3 days ago · Efforts to cut government spending and eliminate waste are dwarfed by the rising costs of the social safety net programs and interest expenses. Listen to this article · 8:12 min Learn more Share ...
Biden signs last-minute, spending deal after shutdown threat
Dec 20, 2024 · WASHINGTON – Congress reached a last-minute, bipartisan deal to keep the government running after a midnight deadline for a partial shutdown days before the holidays and a month before...
Here’s what’s in and out of the government funding agreement
Dec 18, 2024 · The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the federal government. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden for ...
Where the $100 billion in disaster relief from the government spending …
Dec 21, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after this week’s scramble to find consensus on a government spending bill.. The money comes after back-to-back hurricanes — Helene and Milton — slammed into the southeastern United States this fall, leaving havoc in their wake.
The Evening: Signs of Trouble for Trump’s Spending Cuts
3 days ago · Even as lawmakers talk about spending cuts and deficit reduction, they are preparing an expansion of the 2017 tax cuts that could cost the nation more than $4 trillion over a decade. Image Credit...
Congress Approves Spending Extension, Ending Shutdown Crisis
Dec 21, 2024 · The Senate approved a spending measure early Saturday to keep government money flowing through mid-March, sending it to President Biden for his signature and closing a chaotic endgame in Congress...
Spending bill to prevent government shutdown unveiled but …
Dec 18, 2024 · Lawmakers unveiled a stop-gap spending bill on Tuesday night to prevent a shutdown that funds the government through March 14 and includes $100 billion in disaster relief and other key provisions.
Live updates: Trump rejects CR as Johnson considers backup spending …
Dec 19, 2024 · President-elect Trump rejected the bipartisan spending deal that was drawing flak from an array of Republicans, with a government shutdown deadline of Friday.