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Government shutdown live updates: House, Senate approve stop-gap funding bill
With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier this week by President-elect Donald Trump and his ally,
Transition Live Updates: House to Vote on Funding as Shutdown Deadline Nears
House Republicans said they would proceed with legislation that would keep the government open but jettison President-elect Donald J. Trump’s demand to raise the debt ceiling.
Government funding bill clears Congress and heads to President Biden, averting a shutdown
The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown.
Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
During a partial government shutdown, federal agencies and non-essential services are stopped, but some functions that are considered "essential" will continue. Certain national security functions, such as border patrol, law enforcement and disaster response, will remain active during the shutdown.
Senate set to vote on bill to avoid government shutdown
The Senate early Saturday morning overwhelmingly approved a bill to avert a prolonged government shutdown, just hours after the House passed the measure with wide bipartisan support. The Senate vote came just after the Friday midnight deadline that would have marked the beginning of the shutdown.
Senate eyes late-night vote after House approves bill to prevent government shutdown
With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but dropped President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
The 34 House Republicans who voted against a bill to avert a partial government shutdown
Thirty-four House Republicans voted Friday against a spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, while no Democrats opposed the legislation.
The House Voted to Avert a Government Shutdown
The House approved legislation tonight to avert a government shutdown roughly six hours before it was set to begin. A majority of lawmakers in both parties voted to extend funding for the federal government into mid-March and approve disaster relief for parts of the nation still reeling from storms.
House Passes Funding Bill — And Biden Endorses — Hours Before Government Shutdown
House Republicans reportedly agreed to another new funding bill Friday and set a vote for Friday night — hours before a government shutdown is set to go into effect, an outcome President-elect Donald Trump suggested he’s fine with so long as it happens on President Biden’s watch.
House Approves Funding Bill and Sends to Senate Hours Before Government Shutdown Deadline
Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House has approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson
Live updates: House GOP offers new plan to avert a government shutdown without Trump’s debt limit demand
Congress has limited time to avert a government shutdown by passing a continuing resolution after the latest Trump-backed bill failed Thursday.
House Approves Revised Plan to Avert Government Shutdown
House Republicans prepared a new plan to try to avert a government shutdown at midnight, with Vice President-elect JD Vance ...
How a U.S. government shutdown could have impacted your benefits and services
The U.S. government faced the threat of a shutdown if Congress didn't pass a spending bill before Dec. 21, 2024. Here's a ...