The Senate gave final approval Thursday to legislation averting a weekend government shutdown, sending President Joe Biden a measure designed to give bipartisan bargainers more time to reach an overdue deal financing federal agencies until…
Republicans are weighing forcing a government shutdown if the next federal spending plan includes funding for COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
President Joe Biden on Friday signed legislation funding federal agencies through mid-February, the White House said, averting a government shutdown after some Republicans had threatened a standoff over COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The law funds the…
The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates. The measure now goes…
A group of Senate conservatives will keep fighting against funding Present Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates even if it takes shutting down the government over the weekend, Rep. Roger Marshall said…
Republicans fear a gambit by conservative GOP senators to demand a vote to defund President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate in exchange for letting a stopgap government funding measure pass could…
Senate conservatives are reportedly considering a forced government shutdown this Friday in hopes of defunding the Biden administration’s private sector vaccine mandate, with House conservatives planning measures to support the effort …
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday night the Senate has reached an agreement that would prevent the government from shutting down Friday, Oct. 1.
The U.S. Congress on Wednesday had just two days left before the federal government begins shutting many of its operations unless Democrats manage to pass a bill providing new funding for the fiscal year that…
The U.S. Senate aims to vote next week on raising Washington’s borrowing authority and keeping the government funded, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat said on Wednesday, but strong Republican opposition could lead to a historic…
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said on Friday that the lower chamber will vote next week on measures to avoid the U.S. defaulting on its debt and a potential shutdown in October, Politico reports….
The continuing shutdown of the U.S.-Canada border is destroying communities that rely on trade between the two countries, Rep. Matt Rosendale told Newsmax Tuesday. “I’ve been visiting the border…
Uber could shut down services in California as early as Friday as the ridesharing company continues to fight the state over a new law that requires its gig economy drivers to be re-classified as employees….
Walt Disney World’s grand reopening in Orlando, Florida, drew thousands of guests on Saturday, as the popular destination opened its doors for the first time since March after closing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) extended her state’s coronavirus shutdown two more weeks, but simultaneously noted that Federal Firearms License holders (FFLs) could reopen their gun stores and take customers by appointment.