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Congress Passes Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Over the weekend, Congress reached a deal to avert a federal shutdown by passing a slimmed-down temporary ... torpedo an earlier version of the spending bill that had been negotiated by Republican ...
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US Senate joins House in passing crucial spending bill, avoiding shutdown crisis: Key points
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.
House conservative hardliners demand two-bill approach to Trump’s agenda, more than $540B in cuts
The GOP proposals include repealing President Biden’s electric vehicle mandate, cutting funding for the IRS, adding work ...
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The spending bill that averted a shutdown shrank from more than 1,500 pages to just 100—here’s what was cut
Congress avoided a government shutdown after passing a spending bill that was revised from an original version, which Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump sank. After a wild week of last ...
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Despite missing deadline, Congress avoids government shutdown by passing spending bill without Trump’s debt ceiling raise
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is working to pass a government spending ... was expected to approve the bill soon after midnight. But the spending package will come at the expense ...
‘Catch us if you can’: House and Senate will race each other to pass Trump agenda
House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top leaders recommitted to passing border, tax and energy policies in “one, big beautiful bill” — as Trump himself has called for — while senators said they ...
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Will Congress Pass a New Farm Bill in 2025?
Congress passed an extension on the farm bill last year, but farmers, advocates, and eaters want to know what 2025 will bring ...
Congress gives Trump deja vu with standoff over second-term agenda
Donald Trump won’t be sworn in until Monday, but he is already playing referee to an intraparty dispute over how to pass his ...
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Rural Alaska schools face funding shortfall after US House fails to pass bipartisan bill
Districts face budget shortfalls with the failure of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act funding, ...
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US Congress passes spending bill to avert shutdown
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 ...
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US Senate joins House in passing crucial spending bill, avoiding shutdown crisis: Key points
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 ...
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Despite missing deadline, Congress avoids government shutdown by passing spending bill without Trump’s debt ceiling raise
After a week of turmoil, Congress approved a spending package that ... On Friday evening, the bill easily cleared the two-thirds majority needed to pass in the House by a vote of 366 to 34.