President Biden signs short-term funding bill to keep government open
The bill will fund the government at current levels until mid-January.
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The bill will fund the government at current levels until mid-January.
The two-step bill punts the fight over government spending until after the holidays.
Just days before the Friday deadline, the House approved a short-term spending bill that will likely avert a government shutdown.
The House voted to keep government agencies funded until at least Jan. 19 in a bipartisan vote.
The approach is unusual for a stopgap spending bill. Usually, lawmakers extend funding until a certain date for all programs.
A 45-day funding bill will keep the U.S. government running until Nov. 17
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dropped his demands for steep spending cuts and relied on votes from across the aisle in order to get the bill passed.
The spending bill failed to win over a group of Republicans opposed to a short-term funding deal.
Siafa Lewis has the latest on the potential plans to find a solution ahead of the federal government facing a shutdown.
We are just four days away from a possible government shutdown that could impact the ability of millions of Americans to put food on the table.
If Congress can't pass a government funding bill by 11:59 p.m. Saturday, then the government will shut down.
The House is expected to vote on four of 12 funding bills Tuesday night in an effort to keep the government open.
Members from both parties are not optimistic about reaching an agreement to avoid a government shutdown.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
If an agreement isn't reached to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt, the country could descend into economic disarray, affecting millions of Americans from investors to Social Security beneficiaries.
How could a 145-year-old change to the US Constitution that gave citizenship to former slaves serve as a path out of the debt ceiling drama? Government officials and legal authorities are divided over whether it does.
Millions of Social Security recipients "need to be very careful" about spending because payments could be delayed, one expert said.
The panel's seven Democrats and two Republicans voted unanimously to adopt its final report and urge the Justice Department to prosecute Trump.
Elected officials have until Friday to come to an agreement.
