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US government begins preparations for a partial shutdown with one week until deadline – despite agreement
The clock is ticking toward a September 30 deadline to fund the government, and even with a possible deal to avert a lapse in funding, parts of the US government will start the behind-the-scenes process of preparing for a potential shutdown.
Congressional leaders reach deal to avert shutdown, boost Secret Service funds
Lawmakers advanced a spending agreement with new Secret Service funding and without voter registration restrictions demanded by former president Donald Trump.
Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December
The agreement announced Sunday averts a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushes final decisions until after the November election.
Speaker Mike Johnson unveils new strategy to avert government shutdown as deadline approaches
The new plan to avert a government shutdown comes after the House rejected Speaker Johnson's opening gambit in the funding fight last week.
No government shutdown for now: Congress agrees on temporary funding deal through December
Still, the country isn't out of the woods when it comes to a government shutdown. Lawmakers will have to negotiate a longer-term deal after the election – setting up another political fight in the final weeks before Congress turns over and a new president takes over the White House.
Speaker Johnson unveils short-term spending bill, urges members to avoid shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out the next plans to avert a government shutdown in a Sunday letter to his members.
US House Republicans unveil three-month stopgap bill to avert shutdown
Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday proposed a three-month stopgap funding bill that excludes an immigration-related measure demanded by Donald Trump, as lawmakers look to avert a month-end partial government shutdown.
House leaders unveil bill to avert government shutdown
House leaders unveiled on Sunday their new legislation to avert a shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government until Dec. 20.
No government shutdown for now: Congress agrees on temporary funding deal into December
The House is expected to vote on the funding extension, known as a continuing resolution or CR, on Wednesday. The Senate will take it up shortly thereafter in time to avoid a shutdown. It is expected to pass both chambers and be signed by President Joe Biden.
Congress has one more week in session to avert a government shutdown
Congress must find a path forward on federal funding this week or risk a partial government shutdown just five weeks before Election Day.
US House Unveils Short-Term Spending Deal to Avert Shutdown
Congressional leaders unveiled a stopgap funding bill Sunday to temporarily keep the US government’s doors open through Dec. 20, as negotiators aim to avert an Oct. 1 shutdown and set the stage for a funding showdown shortly before Christmas.
Mike Johnson Delivers Bad News to Donald Trump on Government Shutdown
The short-term bill is expected to get a vote on the House floor this week as Congress faces a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
Mike Johnson announces vote on bill to avoid government shutdown
During a press conference Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer predicted that Congress would pass a stopgap funding ...
Trump’s shutdown push falls flat with Republicans
House Republicans are overwhelmingly dismissing former President Trump’s calls for a government shutdown in the absence of a ...
Republicans shift to plan B to prevent shutdown
House Republicans have shifted gears as they race to avoid a government shutdown, eyeing a three-month stopgap spending bill ...
Tired of shutdown threats? Try to understand the weird way the US government gets money
The term “shutdown” is also something of a misnomer. Lapses in funding are a bad way to do business, and they can delay ...
McConnell: Government shutdown before election ‘politically beyond stupid’
A vote on a stopgap funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown is expected to fail in Congress, a consequence that ...
Indian Lake in Worcester reopens after one-month shutdown for bacteria
Indian Lake in Worcester has reopened after being closed in August due to toxin-producing bacteria, officials announced ...
Schumer takes steps to prevent shutdown as Speaker Johnson’s next move unclear
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has taken steps that will give the Senate the option to set up a vote next week on a ...