Government Shutdown

Rep. Hoyer warns of ‘freezes, furloughs, layoffs’

House appropriators passed the Financial Services and General Government 2025 spending bill yesterday, though it’s 20% below what President Biden wanted.

Federal Newscast

Echoes of 2013 government shutdown still reverberate

Government Shutdown

Roundup of what just happened in Congress for 2024

Congress

Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended government shutdown threat

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Congress unveils $1.2 trillion plan to avert government shutdown and bring budget fight to a close

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Sequestration’s head pops up, for a peek at continuing budget uncertainty

Budget

Negotiators race to finish government funding bills after reaching deal on Homeland Security bill

Government Shutdown

Newest Capitol Hill activity and keeping the government funded

Government Shutdown

Biden signs package of spending bills just hours before government shutdown deadline

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Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies

Congress

What will happen now that Congress bought itself a week or two on the budget?

Congress

Lawmakers’ weekend effort delivers six funding bills, as government shutdown fuse sizzles

To avoid a government shutdown, the bills still must be approved by both houses of Congress before March 9, both of which return to work on Tuesday afternoon.

Federal Newscast

Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement

The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The short-term extension is the fourth in recent months.

Government Shutdown

Congressional leaders reach a tentative deal to avoid government shutdown. But Ukraine aid stalls

Congress

Congressional leaders have announced a tentative agreement to prevent a government shutdown, for now.