May 01 Who are the winners and losers in the $1.1 trillion spending bill? By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Retired miners, college students and Planned Parenthood are winners in the $1.1 trillion spending bill unveiled on Monday. Losers are the border wall, efforts to store nuclear waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain and President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Apr 27 Congress readies one-week spending bill — the bare minimum to avoid a shutdown By Erica Werner, Associated Press Congress is doing the bare minimum to keep the country running, readying a short-term spending bill to keep the lights on in government past Saturday, when President Donald Trump will mark his 100th day in office. Continue reading
Dec 06 Stopgap spending bill to be unveiled as Congress finishes up By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are tacking on money for security around Trump Tower in New York and funds for health care for retired coal miners to a stopgap spending bill that would avoid a government shutdown at week's end. Continue reading
Sep 28 Congress reaches deal to keep government running, help Flint and fight Zika By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, Associated Press Congressional leaders have broken a stalemate over money to address the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, clearing the way Wednesday for a spending bill needed to keep the government running until December. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 3:16 How Congress found a way to agree in 2015 By PBS News Hour Congress ended 2015 on an unusually productive note. A $1 trillion compromise passed with a majority of both Democrats and Republicans, and problems that lawmakers had kicked down the road year after year finally made it into law. Political director… Continue watching
Dec 15 Congressional negotiators prepare to unveil $1.1 trillion spending deal By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON — White House and congressional negotiators moved toward wrapping up a tax and spending compromise Tuesday that would cap Congress' year, a package expected to lift the ban on U.S. oil exports and provide legislative goodies for home-state interests. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 7:28 How Speaker Ryan is retooling the GOP agenda By PBS News Hour In his first four working weeks, new Speaker of the House Paul Ryan presided over passage of a $600 billion defense bill, a bill to tighten screening of Syrian refugees and a five-year highway bill. Political director Lisa Desjardins offers… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: Congress buys time with short-term spending bill By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Congress sent President Obama a short-term spending bill to fund agencies through the middle of next week, buying more time to negotiate a $1.1 trillion long-term tax and spending bill. Also, chemical industry giants DuPont… Continue watching
Dec 11 Congress passes 5-day spending bill hours before deadline By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House has passed a short-term spending bill to keep the government open through next Wednesday. Continue reading
Dec 08 Short-term spending bill needed to prevent shutdown, Ryan says By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul Ryan says the House will pass a short-term bill to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend. Continue reading