The U.S. Congress approved a funding bill Saturday in a rare show of cross-party unity, keeping federal agencies running through September and averting a damaging partial government shutdown.Senators missed a midnight deadline to pass the $1.2 trillion package to keep the lights on in several key government agencies but voted in the early hours to pass a resolution that had already advanced from the House."It wasn't easy, but tonight our persistence has been worth it," Democratic Majority Leader...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Six months late, Congress finally completed work on the last of fiscal 2024 appropriations bills in the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, Mar. 23. That $1.2 trillion funding package cleared the Senate by a 74-to-24 vote, sending the appropriations bills for the Pentagon; Financial Services; Homeland Security; the departments of […]
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The House approved a $1.2 trillion government funding bill Friday, sending the sprawling package to the Senate hours before the deadline and officially capping off the fiscal 2024 appropriations process in the lower chamber. The legislation — which includes six funding bills — cleared the House in an 286-134 vote, hours before a slew of agencies and []
Two-thirds majority reached to pass spending package – 286 voted in favour
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story House agrees on defense spending, sends Senate bill to avert shutdown The House approved a $1.2 trillion government funding bill Friday — including $825 billion for military spending — sending the sprawling package to the Senate hours before the
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) set up a path to vote on a bill to fund the government’s remaining agencies Friday, putting in place an alternative plan in case a time agreement is not met ahead of a looming partial government shutdown at midnight. The action in the Senate comes after the House passed […]
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a surprise motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson in anger about the government funding bill that passed in the House. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
Yuval RosenbergMarch 19, 2024They have a deal. Now they just need the votes. President Joe Biden and congressional leaders announced Tuesday
Prospects for a short-term government shutdown had appeared to grow Friday, but shortly before midnight Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a breakthrough.
Bill passes after hours of gridlock over funding for three-quarters of the
Vote of 74-24 came after Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer announced a