Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
The Senate is on track to pass a stopgap bill after its passage in the House earlier Friday. However, the upper chamber ran past the midnight deadline, meaning there will be a technical government shutdown,
Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands
Hours to go before a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan from Speaker Mike Johnson to prevent a government shutdown.
Government shutdown updates: Biden signs funding bill, averting shutdown
"Tonight the Senate delivers good news for America: there will be no government shutdown right before Christmas," Schumer said. "After a chaotic few days in the House it's good news that the bipartisan approach in the end prevailed. It is a good lesson for next year: both sides have to work together."
Biden signs bill to fund government after standoff and threat of holiday shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump and multibillionaire Elon Musk had sunk an earlier bipartisan deal, only to see their preferred replacement voted down.
Fact check: Do government shutdowns cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars?
California Rep. Sara Jacobs said government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 "cost our economy billions of dollars each."
Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown
The vote capped a frantic week that saw Donald Trump and Elon Musk defeat an initial bipartisan deal, throwing Congress into disarray.
U.S. Stock Futures Climb After Government Shutdown Averted
Hopes of ‘Santa rally’ looked to be alive again on Monday. An agreement to avoid a federal-government shutdown was adding to positivity over the latest inflation data. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 115 points,
US government shutdown averted
The government has a respite- another three months of funding, averting a government shutdown right before the holidays.
Politics chat: Government shutdown averted as Biden signs stopgap funding bill
NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe to discuss the spending battle and how it could affect the early months of the incoming Trump administration.
Biden inks funding bill, averting govt shutdown
United States President Joe Biden signed into law on Saturday a bill that averts a government shutdown, ending days of upheaval after Congress approved a temporary funding plan just past the deadline and refused President-elect Donald Trump's core debt demands in the package.
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