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Another funding extension eyed as partisan immigration standoff deepens
↵↵Republicans, for their part, sought to increase the pressure on Democrats to pass a bill that avoids a department shutdown.
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↵↵Republicans, for their part, sought to increase the pressure on Democrats to pass a bill that avoids a department shutdown.
No, it wasn't about ending the longest government shutdown in American history.
But neither bill was included in the weekly schedule sent out Friday by Scalise’s office, and a person familiar with the status of the border security legislation confirmed it had been delayed.
Seventy-two was one they touted, the number of “yes” votes — a rare overwhelmingly bipartisan tally — on a sprawling stopgap spending measure that averted a pre-midterm-elections government shutdown
The Senate passed a short-term spending measure Thursday, sending to the House a bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown next week and boost aid to Ukraine.
As a partisan fiscal standoff deepened, Democrats said they were determined to avoid a shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Friday.
Hoyer, told reporters he planned to announce the reconciliation bill as a “possibility” for next week’s floor schedule.”
“Yes, it’s a tight schedule, but I think most probably more it has to do with politics and the fact that you’re going to have the Senate vote again on another budget resolution, and that budget resolution
The House passed a catchall budget package Tuesday that’s intended to avoid a partial government shutdown and debt limit crisis, but it seems likely to come back for a do-over once the Senate works its
But when asked how that could be accomplished given the constraints on the Senate’s floor schedule — prioritizing votes on appropriations bills and confirmations, including the Supreme Court — he couldn
A battle over policy riders could even elongate that debate, culminating in a government shutdown weeks before a scheduled holiday break.
The process has been completed no less than three weeks behind schedule, and the average finish has been about 100 days beyond the legal deadline.
Orange, Blue and Silver line Metro riders should expect a 16-day shutdown of the rail lines between Eastern Market and Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road starting Saturday.
The longest shutdown will come on the Red Line, when trains will not travel from NoMa-Gallaudet U to Fort Totten stations from Oct. 9 to Nov. 2; buses will be available to move commuters from one
officials follow through on their warning to possibly take down entire lines for months at a time to perform big-ticket maintenance they say must be done and cannot be completed on the current stop-and-start schedule