Dec 19 Government shutdown looms as Speaker Johnson struggles to meet Trump’s demands By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will "easily remain speaker" for the next Congress if he "acts decisively and tough" in coming up with a new plan to also increase the debt limit, a stunning request just before the Christmas… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 5:20 Congress working on budget deal to avoid government shutdown, fund hurricane relief By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat Congressional leaders should be ready to go home for the holidays. Instead, they are staring at another government funding deadline and scrambling to make it. The deal coming together could have much larger implications, but lawmakers have not yet released… Continue watching
May 10 California governor aims to slash 10,000 vacant state jobs to help close $27.6 billion deficit By Adam Beam, Associated Press California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state's budget deficit is $27.6 billion. The figure Newsom announced Friday is smaller than the deficit he anticipated in January. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 5:21 House GOP may face another leadership battle after effort to avoid government shutdown By Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The federal government is just hours away from shutting down as Capitol Hill scrambles to finalize its $1.2 trillion spending deal. That agreement would keep the lights on but could also cost Speaker Mike Johnson his job. Congressional Correspondent Lisa… Continue watching
Mar 22 House approves $1.2 trillion spending package before shutdown deadline, bills head to Senate By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The bill passed Friday by a vote of 286-134. The bill now moves to the Senate, where leadership hopes for a final vote later Friday. Continue reading
Mar 21 Congress unveils $1.2 trillion plan to avert federal shutdown, House to take up measure Friday By Kevin Freking, Associated Press This year's spending bills were divided into two packages. The first one cleared Congress two weeks ago, just hours before a shutdown deadline for the agencies funded through the bills. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 6:09 Biden, congressional leaders meet at White House with potential shutdown looming By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens The top four leaders in Congress met with President Biden in the Oval Office to discuss how to fund the government and what should happen next for U.S. support of Ukraine. Congress faces a precarious stack of crises this week… Continue watching
Feb 22 Watch 5:16 Capitol Hill fight over spending pushes country closer to government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz Even as Congress is out of town, bipartisan negotiators may reach a spending deal in the next few days. But that may not be soon enough to avert a partial government shutdown. This has been a familiar plotline in recent… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 5:15 How disputes over the federal debt and deficit could lead to a government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The U.S. government remains open this Thanksgiving week, thanks to a temporary funding deal Congress passed last week. But that deal starts to expire in January and conservatives are signaling they won’t pass another funding deal without addressing the swelling… Continue watching
Nov 15 WATCH: Averting government shutdown, Congress approves funding through the holidays By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays, Congress gave final approval Wednesday night to a temporary government funding package that pushes a confrontation over the federal budget into the new year. Continue reading