Nation Dec 21 Major takeaways from this week’s chaotic, last-minute funding deal in Congress By John Yang, Lisa Desjardins, Kaisha Young
Politics Feb 29 The House approves another short-term extension to avoid a shutdown. Senators are up next to vote The legislation approved Thursday will allow Congress to avoid a shutdown for parts of the federal government set to kick in Saturday. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill later in the day. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Politics Aug 31 WATCH: White House calls on Congress to pass short-term funding bill to keep government operating Without such congressional approval, parts of the federal government could shut down when the new budget year begins Oct. 1. By Josh Boak, Associated Press
Nation Sep 30 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: European Union inflation hits 10 percent, Cubans protest lingering power outage In our news wrap Friday, the war in Ukraine sent natural gas prices and overall inflation soaring across the European Union, rare public protests have broken out in Cuba over lingering power outages from Hurricane Ian and Congress gave final…
Politics Sep 30 Watch 12:00 Brooks and Capehart on response to Hurricane Ian and right-wing election wins in Europe New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the state and federal response to Hurricane Ian and recent election victories by right-wing political parties across…
Sep 30 Biden signs continuing budget resolution to fund government through Dec. 3rd By Kevin Freking, Associated Press With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden on Thursday evening signed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Congress had passed the bill earlier Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 30 WATCH: Speaker Pelosi signs continuing budget resolution to fund government through December 3rd By Associated Press The House approved the short-term funding measure by a 254-175 vote not long after Senate passage in a 65-35 vote. Continue reading
Sep 30 WATCH: Congress passes bill to avert partial government shutdown By Kevin Freking, Associated Press With only hours to spare, Congress passed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Continue reading
Dec 16 What’s in the massive deals Congress made overnight? By Lisa Desjardins While much of the nation slept, Congressional leaders unveiled two deals that are stuffed with major issues, from what the nation does with its oil and how it supports renewable fuel to a significant change at U.S. borders and a… Continue reading