Senate votes to advance GOP funding bill, clearing the way to avert a government shutdown

Debt ceiling tears at GOP unity after funding bill victory

Republicans are grappling with the possibility they will soon have to work with the Democrats as a deadline to raise the debt ceiling threatens to fray party unity. Washington has until the late spring or summer to raise the borrowing…

How they voted: Ryan, Riley on 2025 continuing appropriations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. In addition to roll call votes this week, the House also passed these measures: the Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependency Act (H.R. 1166), to prohibit the Homeland Security Department from procuring certain foreign-made batteries; the TSA Commuting Fairness Act (H.R. 862), to have the Transportation Security Administration submit a stu…

Lawmakers advance stripped-down two-year budget bill

This comes just one day after the Maine Senate rejected an supplemental spending package to address a funding shortfall in the state's Medicaid program.

Senate approves spending bill to avert government shutdown - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a GOP-written stopgap spending measure after Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and a small group of Democrats joined Republicans in allowing it to advance.

According to the House of Representatives, a majority in the Senate voted in favour of a Republican budget draft. Several Democratic Senators reluctantly helped the draft with their votes on the decisive formal hurdle – despite their opposition to the Republican President Donald Trump's course.Last Minute SolutionThe solution came, as is often the case with budget negotiations in the US, at the last minute.Without the vote, the so-called shut-do…

‘In DOGE we trust’: House GOP governs by embracing Trump’s effort to cut government

WASHINGTON (AP) — A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding legislation on their own, edge toward a risky government shutdown, until Democrats swoop in with the votes needed to prevent catastrophic disruptions. Read more...