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The bipartisan measure to avert a government shutdown includes a provision that would effectively ban LGBTQ Pride flags from flying over U.S. embassies. Although the $1.2 trillion, 1,012-page-package does not explicitly mention barring Pride flags from flying at U.S. embassies, its text embraces a Republican-led effort to prohibit the display of the LGBTQ Pride flag […]
1 hour ago Image source, AFP via Getty Images The US Senate has agreed a $1.2tn spending package that will fund the US government through September. Legislators narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the government with minutes to go before a midnight deadline. While votes on a series of amendments are expected to continue for […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference with Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Majority Whip Tom Emmer following a closed-door GOP conference meeting at the US Capitol Visitors Center on March 20 in Washington, DC. The House voted on Friday to approve key government spending bills, setting off a sprint […]
9 March 2024 Image source, Getty Images US lawmakers have passed a government spending package shortly before a midnight deadline, averting a partial government shutdown. The Senate passed six bills totalling $459bn (£357bn) which funds nearly 30% of the government. It faced opposition, however, from some Republicans who argued the measure did not do enough […]
Vote is a major step towards finalising the 2024 federal budget after months of deadlock in the divided Congress. Lawmakers in the United States Senate passed a spending package shortly before a midnight deadline, averting a partial government shutdown. The lower house on Friday voted 75-22 to approve a $460bn spending package of six bills […]
Short-term spending bill averts shutdown of agencies that would have kicked in on Saturday. The United States Congress has approved a short-term spending package to avoid a government shutdown, the fourth such stopgap measure in several months. The bill, which passed the Senate in a bipartisan 77-13 vote, provides funding for some federal government agencies […]
10:38 a.m. ET, February 29, 2024 Congressional leaders struck a deal on appropriations bills and a stopgap funding measure. Here’s what’s in it From CNN’s Melanie Zanona, Kristin Wilson and Haley Talbot The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC, on February 27. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Congressional leaders struck a deal Wednesday on some of […]
Congress has until the end of Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown – and with little progress to show as of Tuesday afternoon, the possibility is looking more and more likely. Congressional leaders gathered at the White House on Tuesday to work through remaining issues as lawmakers and the Biden administration grew increasingly concerned […]
Washington — The Senate crossed its first hurdle Tuesday night as it seeks to pass a stopgap spending measure to stave off another government shutdown ahead of a fast-approaching deadline at the end of the week. In a 68-13 vote, the upper chamber advanced a bill that will serve as the vehicle for the stopgap […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Republican and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill have reached a $1.66tn agreement on the level of US federal spending for 2024, in a breakthrough that moves Congress one step closer to avoiding a costly government […]