President signs bill into law just hours after Congress passed legislation, averting partial shutdown
Washington — The House passed a massive spending package on Friday to fully fund the government through September, sending it to the Senate ahead of a midnight deadline to avert a partial shutdown.The House approved the $1.2 trillion package, which was unveiled early Thursday, in a vote of 286 to 134. The package wraps six spending bills into one to fund about three-quarters of the government until the end of the fiscal year. Another package funding the rest of the government cleared Congress...
The House on Friday passed a $1.2 trillion spending package to fund the rest of the government through the end of the fiscal year, beating back objections by conservative Republicans who said it didn’t go far enough on border security.
The US House on Friday approved a $1.2 trillion government funding package that could help avert a government shutdown with a critical deadline looming. The House vote was bipartisan, with 286 members for it — 185 Democrats and 101 Republicans — and 134 against. Twelve members did not vote. The US Senate is now expected to quickly consider the plan, as numerous government operations need to be funded by the end of the day on Friday, including the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor,...
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill with more support from Democrats than the majority Republicans, leading to a fresh threat by a hardline conservative lawmaker to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.
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
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill in the early hours of Saturday morning, with numerous Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues in approving the bill to avert a government shutdown.The vote, 74-24, in the Senate was concluded at approximately 2 a.m. on Saturday, after the funding bill passed in the House of Representatives late Friday morning. Voting continued after the midnight funding deadline and will now go to President Joe Biden's desk for a signature to avert a...
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
Shortly before midnight Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a breakthrough.
The Senate approved a $1.2 trillion funding package early Saturday, sending the massive spending bill off to President Joe Biden after missing a midnight government funding deadline. The legislation passed 74-24 shortly after 2 a.m. ET and capped off months of bipartisan dealmaking to fund the government through Sept. 30. The bill unveiled Thursday funds […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate inched closer to passage of a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills late Friday after reaching agreement on a series of proposed amendment votes, though a final vote on passage was set to occur after a midnight funding deadline. Prospects for a short-term government shutdown had appeared to grow Friday []