Jan 03 White House, congressional leaders open talks to avoid government shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The session in the office of House Speaker Paul Ryan came with little more than two weeks before the next threatened government shutdown. Topping the agenda was an effort to spare both the Pentagon and domestic Cabinet agencies from spending… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch It’s a new year, but old congressional spending battles loom By PBS News Hour A short-term spending measure is keeping the government open through Jan. 19 at current funding levels. But when Congress returns from its holiday break, it will need to resolve differing spending priorities to avert a shutdown. Stan Collender, a professor… Continue watching
Dec 22 Trump signs stopgap spending bill into law to avert shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a temporary spending bill into law on Friday to avert a government shutdown after the Republican-led Congress did the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays and punted disputes on immigration, health care and the… Continue reading
Dec 21 Congress clears temporary spending bill to avert shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure. Continue reading
Dec 21 Congress rushes to approve spending bill to avoid government shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Failure to pass the temporary spending measure would trigger a government shutdown at midnight Friday, which would amount to a political pratfall just after the GOP scored a major win on the landmark tax bill. Continue reading
Dec 21 Lawmakers scramble to approve a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press House Republicans early Thursday unveiled a new, stripped-down spending bill to prevent a government shutdown this weekend and allow quarreling lawmakers to punt most of their unfinished business into the new year. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 4:52 News Wrap: Tied Virginia state legislature battle will be decided by drawing names By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Virginia's vacant state legislative seat has come down to a tie. Judges ruled today that candidates Shelly Simonds and David Yancey are dead even, after Simonds had been originally told she won by a single… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 8:04 Sweeping GOP bill set to revamp U.S. tax code, slash corporate rate By PBS News Hour For Republican lawmakers, it's a day to celebrate. Cheers went up as the GOP tax overhaul received House passage, signalling the end of a legislative sprint to get the bill wrapped up by Christmas. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to… Continue watching
Dec 07 House, Senate approve short-term spending bill to avoid government shutdown By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, Associated Press The measure keeps the government running through Dec. 22. Continue reading
Dec 06 WATCH: Trump says government shutdown ‘could happen’ Saturday, blames Democrats By Associated Press Speaking before a Cabinet meeting today, the president blamed Democrats for opposing his border security and hardline immigration plans. He says they are "looking at something that is dangerous for our country."… Continue reading