Government shutdown highlights: Congress votes to keep government open, sending bill to Biden
Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a short-term spending bill.
House GOP pushes for vote hours before government shutdown
Republicans revolted against a bipartisan bill, then the House rejected a party-line alternative. The shutdown deadline is hours away.
House Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown
Next, the Democratic-controlled Senate would need to pass the bill to ensure the government will be funded beyond midnight, when current funding expires. The White House said Pres
All the Republicans who voted ‘no’ on bill to avoid a government shutdown
The House passed a spending bill that will avert the government from shutting down till March. The bill passed the Republican-controlled chamber 366-34 (with one present) with 196 Democratic members voting in favor of the bill.
The 34 House Republicans who voted against a bill to avert a partial government shutdown
Thirty-four House Republicans voted Friday against against a spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, while no Democrats opposed the legislation.
Watch Live: House votes on bill to prevent government shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson emerged from a meeting with his fellow Republicans on Friday and said he believed lawmakers would avoid a government shutdown.
Republicans to Vote on New Plan to Avert Government Shutdown
The proposal extends federal funding into March and provides disaster aid, but leaves out debt-ceiling increase demanded by Trump
Biden signs stopgap funding bill, but congressional fight to continue
The incoming Congress, which will be controlled by Republicans, is still expected to face bruising battles over government ...
Musk Falsely Claimed Spending Bill Included 40% Salary Increase for Congress. Here's the Real Number
The bipartisan bill failed, and it's unknown whether its successor will include a provision to increase lawmakers' pay.
Larry Bucshon says he's figured out his post-Congress career
It's a well-worn and not necessarily surprising path 8th District Rep. Larry Bucshon will follow when he leaves Congress next ...
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Congress Sneaks Massive Pay Raise For Itself Into Spending Bill As Americans Struggle To Make Ends Meet
Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, who is leading the fight among conservative House Republicans to tank the CR, also ...
The winners and losers from Congress’s funding bill to avert a shutdown
Tucked among bill's more than 1,500 pages are tens of billions worth of added provisions, including a pay raise for lawmakers ...
Former US Coast Guard chief reveals why he withheld sexual assault investigation from Congress
The former leader of the US Coast Guard who withheld from Congress the explosive findings of an investigation that documented ...
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Members of Congress may be about to get a pay raise for the first time since 2009
Earlier this year, a group of current and former lawmakers filed ... funding bill unless a pay freeze was reinstated. "Members of Congress earn more than 90 percent of Americans," Golden said.
Lawmakers quietly include congressional pay raises in stopgap spending bill
The maximum increase for a January 2025 adjustment is 3.8%, which would result in a $6,600 increase, according to a Congressional Research Service report.