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The US Congress has averted a Christmastime government shutdown after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March. With the ...

The GOP proposals include repealing President Biden’s electric vehicle mandate, cutting funding for the IRS, adding work ...

The US Senate passed the bill in an 85-11 vote 38 minutes after the midnight deadline, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. Shutdown procedures were not invoked despite the brief delay in passage.

A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the U.S. president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a ...

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Republicans’ decision to push through the measure early in the new Congress indicated their belief that the issue is ...

Speaker Mike Johnson wants one mammoth package that would enact much of President-elect Donald Trump's legislative agenda by May.

The bill now awaits President Joe Biden’s signature to become law, ensuring government funding through mid-March and avoiding immediate fiscal turmoil. The US Senate passed the bill in an 85-11 ...