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Congress Avoids Shutdown As Lawmakers Punt Fight Until After Holiday Season
16Nov By adminNo Comments
Politics

Congress Avoids Shutdown As Lawmakers Punt Fight Until After Holiday Season

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays, Congress gave final approval Wednesday night to a temporary government funding package that pushes a confrontation over the federal budget into the new year.The Senate met into the night to pass the bill with an overwhelming 87-11 tally and send it to President Joe Biden for his signature one day after it passed the House on an overwhelming bipartisan vote. It provides a funding patch into next year, when the House and Senate will be forced to confront — and somehow overcome — their considerable differences over what funding levels should be.In the meantime, the bill removes the threat of a government shutdown days before funding would have expired.“This Friday night there will be no government shutdown...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avert government shutdown faces hurdles
13Nov By adminNo Comments
Money

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avert government shutdown faces hurdles

Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to keep the government open past Friday faces several hurdles this week as time runs out to avert a shutdown. Johnson unveiled his stopgap bill on Saturday that would extend government funding at current levels for some agencies until Jan. 19, while others would be funded until Feb. 2. It does not include steep spending cuts demanded by conservatives, but it also does not provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and the southern border. "The bill will stop the absurd holiday-season omnibus tradition of massive, loaded up spending bills introduced right before the Christmas recess," the Louisiana Republican said in a statement of the two-step plan.  The House Rules Committee is meeting Monday afternoon to take up...
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How Kevin McCarthy Defied the Freedom Caucus and Averted a Shutdown
2Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

How Kevin McCarthy Defied the Freedom Caucus and Averted a Shutdown

On Saturday morning, Kevin McCarthy surprised everyone in Washington, including members of his own divided conference, by turning to Democrats to pass a stopgap funding measure to avert a government shutdown. This had been the only path forward for several days, if not weeks. But he resisted it, mostly because his own political survival was at stake. Not only had about twenty members from the rogue right flank of his party opposed any compromise with the Democrat-controlled Senate, but several of them had threatened McCarthy outright: if he capitulated, they’d strip him of the speakership. One member, Matt Gaetz, who’s always been more of a chaos agent than an ideologue, made it clear that he’d try to oust McCarthy regardless. A Republican staffer referred to Gaetz as the leader of the “w...
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Utah, Arizona to keep national parks open even if federal government shuts down and other states might, too
1Oct By adminNo Comments
Money

Utah, Arizona to keep national parks open even if federal government shuts down and other states might, too

National parks could face impact of possible federal shutdown National parks could face impact of possible federal shutdown 02:17 Arizona and Utah will keep iconic national parks in those states open if a shutdown of the federal government threatens access to Arizona's orange-striped Grand Canyon and the sheer red cliffs of Utah's Zion Valley. Most importantly for state budgets, visitors can keep spending their money near the parks. A cutoff could come Sunday. The economic impact of the nat...
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National Parks To Shutter If GOP Forces A Shutdown
29Sep By adminNo Comments
Politics

National Parks To Shutter If GOP Forces A Shutdown

The looming government shutdown threatens to severely limit public access to America’s national parks and deliver a crushing economic blow to communities that rely on park tourism.On a call with reporters late Thursday, Biden administration officials detailed plans to shutter the majority of national park sites around the country in an effort to prevent the kind of damage sustained when the Trump administration opted to keep them open during the lengthy 2018-19 shutdown. “We’re on the precipice of a Republican government shutdown that would damage our communities, our economy, our national security and our public lands,” a senior administration official said.The federal government is set to come to a screeching halt when annual funds run dry at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, unless lawmakers in Congr...
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