The Senate passed the $1.2 trillion spending package in the early morning hours of Saturday, capping off a six-month delay to fund the government.
The spending in the bill largely tracks with an agreement that former Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked out with the White House in May 2023, which restricted spending for two years and suspended the debt ceiling into January 2025 so the federal government could continue paying its bills.
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WASHINGTON >> The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills today just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set to expire, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall.
Congress is poised to miss another self-imposed deadline to release legislative text for the final spending package to avoid a partial government shutdown this week, with disagreements on how to fund the Department of Homeland Security a top sticking point. Lawmakers had wanted to release the text of the deal on Sunday to give the House […]
By a vote of 286-134 over conservatives’ objections, the House passed a $1.2 trillion spending package late Friday morning, avoiding a partial government shutdown but Read More
Lawmakers are racing Friday to pass the final spending package needed for the current budget year, a long overdue action that will set funding for federal agencies and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate […]
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected
Congress rushes to approve final package of spending bills before shutdown deadline
Lawmakers were anxiously awaiting the details of the final spending package for fiscal 2024 to be revealed on Wednesday after the White House and Congress leaders hammered out an eleventh-hour deal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Buried in the $1.2 trillion appropriations package signed Mar. 23 by President Joe Biden is a windfall for U.S. efforts in the realm of Alzheimer’s research. As part of that package’s funding for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the bill includes a $100 million increase for Alzheimer’s research at […]
Biden held Congress to task in his remarks, calling on the House to pass a national security supplemental and Congress to pass a border security agreement.