US Senate Poised to Pass Republican Stopgap Spending Bill, Avert Shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce.
Connecticut’s two senators, both Democrats, said they planned to vote “no” on a Republican House spending bill.
"Took 'guts' and courage!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Friday morning, celebrating the probable aversion of a partial government shutdown in comments that will likely drive a deeper wedge ...
Lawmakers are battling time as they seek to pass legislation that will fund the government and avert a possible shutdown set ...
Senate Minority Leader Schumer is getting backlash from some Democrats for saying he would vote in favor of the GOP-backed funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports ...
House Republicans introduced a bill Saturday that would largely keep current fiscal year 2024 funding levels in place until the end of September—with a $13 billion cut to nondefense spending, $6 ...
Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs fund ...
House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales, who previously said he would not support any stopgap bill, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he now plans ...
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