Tag:
government shutdown
Latest Headlines
Latest Headlines
FEMA: Disaster Relief Fund likely solvent through this week
The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have depleted its Disaster Relief Fund this week and shut down disaster response operations if a heated weekend search hadn't managed to turn up $40
Seventh continuing resolution passes, averting a government shutdown
The Senate approved late April 8 yet another short term spending bill--the seventh in six months--cutting current funding levels by $2 billion and funding the government through midnight on April 15
Government shutdown less than 48 hours away
Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama met Wednesday night to negotiate further on a spending bill that would keep the federal government in funds for the remainder of the federal fiscal
Government shutdown looms
The likelihood of a federal shutdown increased markedly April 5 following failure to reach agreement over funding for the remainder of the federal fiscal year during a White House meeting with
Fears of government shutdown revived
Fears over a government shutdown have resurfaced following an apparent breakdown in talks between House Republicans and Senate and White House Democrats over a spending bill to fund the remainder of
Senate rejects two continuing resolution proposals
Prospects for a spending bill to fund the entirety of the remaining two quarters of the federal fiscal year may have dimmed March 9 after the Senate rejected in back-to-back votes two proposed
Government shutdown averted for another two weeks
UPDATE 12:45, p.m. March 2: The Senate approved the new continuing resolution in a 91-9 vote taken at 11:02 a.m. Worries of a government shutdown likely can go on a temporary hiatus following the
