Dec 20 Watch 7:06 House votes to avoid government shutdown and approves bipartisan funding bill By Lisa Desjardins Days of chaos and uncertainty on Capitol Hill appear to be winding down. A bill backed by President-elect Trump to keep the government open was rejected by the House Thursday night. But on Friday, an apparent breakthrough was announced by… Continue watching
Dec 20 WATCH: House approves funding bill, sends to Senate hours before shutdown deadline By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Matt Brown, Associated Press Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 5:52 Here’s what was in the rejected GOP proposal to avoid a government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat, Kyle Midura, Taylor Bowie House Republicans are pushing a new proposal tonight to avoid a government shutdown in an effort to meet President-elect Trump’s last-minute spending demands. It's all unfolding after Trump rejected the original bill earlier this week with billionaire Elon Musk leading… Continue watching
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 18 Watch 5:56 Trump tells GOP to reject funding bill that would avoid a government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat Not even 24 hours after congressional leaders released a 1,500-page bill that would keep the government funded for the next three months, the threat of a shutdown at the end of this week is back. Republicans in Congress are being… Continue watching
Dec 18 Trump demands renegotiations in bipartisan budget deal days before shutdown deadline By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump delivered a probable death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations on Wednesday, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats and increasing the risk of a government shutdown right before Christmas. Continue reading
Sep 25 House and Senate pass stopgap spending measure to avoid government shutdown for now By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Congress on Wednesday passed a temporary measure that keeps government agencies funded into December, avoiding a shutdown for now while punting final spending decisions until after the Nov. 5 election. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 2:17 Congressional leaders reach deal to avoid a government shutdown before election By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman Congress is returning to Washington with a nailbiter of an election hovering and an even more pressing task. Funding for most of the government is due to run out next week. Congressional leaders announced another short-term deal to punt more… Continue watching
Sep 22 Congressional leaders announce three-month spending deal to avert government shutdown By Kevin Freking, Associated Press 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. Bipartisan negotiations began in earnest shortly after a failed vote last week in… Continue reading
Sep 18 Temporary government funding bill fails in House vote, next steps to avoid shutdown unclear By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The House on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that would have linked temporary funding for the federal government with a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people register to vote. Continue reading