Politics Sep 24 Watch 3:07 News Wrap: GOP hardliner blasts McCarthy’s plan to avoid government shutdown In our news wrap Sunday, House negotiations to avoid a government shutdown enter their final week, France is ending its military presence in Niger, talks continued in the auto workers and Hollywood strikes, NASA retrieved its first asteroid samples from…
Politics Dec 09 Lawmakers act to avert shutdown, buying time for virus relief talks The House on Wednesday easily passed a temporary funding bill that sets a Dec. 18 deadline for Congress to wrap up both a virus relief measure and a $1.4 trillion government spending bill. By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
World Dec 19 Watch 6:55 News Wrap: House passes USMCA trade deal with broad bipartisan support In our news wrap Thursday, the House approved one of President Trump’s top priorities: the USMCA trade deal, which modernizes the existing NAFTA and won overwhelming bipartisan support, plus the backing of labor unions and business. Also, the Senate moved…
Politics Jan 22 Trump signs bill ending federal government shutdown The vote set the stage for hundreds of thousands of federal workers to return on Tuesday, cutting short what could have become a messy and costly impasse. The House approved the measure shortly thereafter, and President Donald Trump later signed… By Alan Fram, Andrew Taylor, Zeke Miller, Associated Press
Jan 19 Lessons from the last time the government shut down By Daniel Bush A look at the last time this happened, in 2013, provides some helpful answers about the mechanics and politics at play. Continue reading