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Congress eyes votes on major government funding bill to ... - NBC …
Mar 4, 2024 · Congress eyes votes on major government funding bill to avoid shutdown this weekend The Republican-led House is seeking to vote Wednesday. Then the measure would go to the Senate.
Congress announces a deal to avoid a shutdown, resolving
Mar 19, 2024 · Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced the DHS deal in a statement, saying it will allow Congress to finish funding the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in September.
Mike Johnson won't commit to bringing House back before the …
Oct 6, 2024 · House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday did not commit to calling Congress back into session before the election after President Joe Biden pressed congressional leaders about potential funding ...
House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a ... - NBC News
Sep 19, 2024 · A handful of Republicans voted to derail Speaker Johnson's plan linking funding to a Trump-backed voter ID bill. The government will shut down on Oct. 1 unless Congress acts.
Debt ceiling vote news: Biden-McCarthy plan passes, heads to …
Jun 1, 2023 · By NBC News The latest on the debt ceiling deal: The House voted to pass Speaker Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling deal with President Joe Biden tonight on a 314-117 vote.
House passes $1.2 trillion spending bill, sending it to ... - NBC News
Mar 22, 2024 · If that doesn’t happen, the government would be forced into a partial shutdown on Saturday morning. President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass it quickly and said he’ll sign the bill.
Congress reaches short-term deal to avoid a government …
WASHINGTON — House and Senate leaders have reached an agreement on a short-term spending deal that would avert a government shutdown in the next few weeks, three sources familiar with the matter ...
Mike Johnson signals he won't put Senate supplemental on the
Apr 14, 2024 · During an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Johnson noted that House members were pulling together details for a new package.
Congress passes bill to avert a shutdown before the election
Sep 25, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Congress overwhelmingly passed a funding bill Wednesday to avert a government shutdown next week after House Republicans removed a proposal demanded by Donald Trump that would ...