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House Returns To Face Another Shutdown Deadline

The Hill reports: No government funding bills are scheduled to hit the House floor this week, an ominous sign for Republicans returning to Washington for the first time since their Thanksgiving recess. Lawmakers face a mid-January deadline to fund the government or enter a partial government shutdown, and the window for completing its work is fast closing. New Speaker Mike …

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Biden Signs Bill Funding Government Until February

NPR reports: President Biden signed a short-term government funding bill on Thursday, avoiding a potential government shutdown and pushing into next year debates about wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel. Biden’s approval came a day after the Senate overwhelmingly approved the stop-gap spending bill. The measure, designed by new House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., funds four federal agencies until Jan. …

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Senate Approves Stopgap Funding Bill In 87-11 Vote

NBC News reports: The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill Wednesday night, punting the GOP’s spending fight and the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays. The bipartisan vote was 87-11, with 10 Republicans and one Democrat — Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado — voting against the bill. “Because of bipartisan cooperation, we are keeping the government open …

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House Passes Funding Bill To Avert Govt Shutdown

NBC News reports: The House passed its continuing resolution, or “CR,” sending it to the Senate to avoid a shutdown. The U.S. government will run out of money at 12:01 a.m. Saturday if Congress fails to act this week. The plan devised by new Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., would extend funding for some government agencies through mid-January and others through …

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Johnson May Not Have The Votes For Funding Bills

Playbook reports: With just four days until a government shutdown, the race is on to see whether Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan for a two-pronged clean continuing resolution can peel off enough House Democrats to make up for Republican defections. (That’s to say nothing of what will happen with the Senate and White House, of course.) The number of GOP members …

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Johnson Issues Likely Doomed Two-Step Funding Bill

The Hill reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) rolled out a two-step government funding stopgap bill on Saturday, settling on an unusual approach to avert a government shutdown that is already getting pushback from Republicans with just days until a Friday funding deadline. The “laddered” continuing resolution (CR) released Saturday would have some funding run out on Jan. 19, and …

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House GOP Pulls Funding Bill, Adjourns For Weekend

The Hill reports: House Republicans on Thursday pulled their annual financial services and general government funding bill amid divisions on abortion-related provisions and FBI funding. It was the second time in a week GOP leaders opted to punt a vote on a funding bill over divisions within the party. Some moderate Republicans came out in opposition against language seeking to …

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Senate Approves Spending Bill With 9 GOP “No” Votes

CBS News reports: About three hours before a midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill Saturday evening to keep the government funded for 45 days, on a vote of 88 to 9, just before a government shutdown was to go into effect. The bill, which funds the government through Nov. 17, was signed into law by President Biden …

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The Cult Rages After Dem House Rep Pulls Fire Alarm

NBC News reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., to be punished after he pulled a fire alarm in a Capitol office building on Saturday, comparing it to the Jan 6 rioters who attacked the building. “When you think about how other people were treated when they come in and wanted to change the course of …

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BREAKING: House Votes To Fund Govt For Next 45 Days

The New York Times reports: In a stunning turnabout, the House on Saturday approved a stopgap plan to avert a government shutdown that was less than 12 hours away as a coalition of Republicans and Democrats backed a last-ditch proposal hastily put forward by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The measure, which still must pass the Senate, would keep money flowing to …

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LIVE VIDEO: House Makes Final Attempt At Funding Bill

The Hill reports: Republicans plan to vote Saturday on a 45-day “clean” stopgap funding bill that includes money for disaster relief, multiple lawmakers said. It will not have border policy changes, a non-starter for Democrats, or funds for Ukraine that some Republicans opposed. The clean CR would require support from two-thirds of the House, which means it would rely heavily …

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McCarthy To Make Final Attempt At Funding Bill Today

Reuters reports: Lawmakers return to Congress on Saturday with no clear path to resolving a squabble that appears likely to close wide swaths of the federal government, from national parks to financial regulation, in less than 18 hours. Infighting among Republicans who control the House of Representatives has pushed the United States to the brink of its fourth partial shutdown …

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Far-Right Reps Tank Last Ditch Spending Bill Attempt

The New York Times reports: Hard-line conservatives on Friday tanked Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s long-shot bid to pass legislation to avert a government shutdown, in an extraordinary display of defiance that made it all but certain that Congress would miss a midnight deadline on Saturday to keep federal funding flowing. It appeared clear even before the vote that the stopgap bill …

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NBC: Shutdown Could Hurt GOP In Virginia Elections

NBC News reports: When Republicans forced a government shutdown in October 2013 in a fruitless quest to defund Obamacare, their Virginia gubernatorial candidate, Ken Cuccinelli, lost by fewer than 3 points. At the time, Cuccinelli’s top strategist lamented that “more than anything,” the shutdown “is what cost us the race.” Ten years later, a new generation of House Republicans is …

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White House Staffers Advised To Expect Furloughs

Bloomberg News reports: White House staff received guidance about how they will be affected by a government shutdown, the latest sign preparations for the federal workforce are accelerating as a spending deal remains out of reach ahead of Sunday’s deadline. The White House budget office sent an email to staff Thursday saying they will be divided into three categories: exempt, …

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Shutdown Poses Operational Implications For Air Travel

Axios reports: Even a relatively brief government shutdown could exacerbate an ongoing air traffic controller shortage, with potentially serious operational and safety implications. Air travel is skyrocketing post-pandemic — the Federal Aviation Administration predicts more than 54,200 flights next Thursday, Oct. 5, ahead of the holiday weekend, which would make it the busiest travel day of the year so far. …

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Carter’s 99th Birthday Party Moved Up Over Shutdown

The Messenger reports: Former President Jimmy Carter’s 99th birthday celebration at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum will now be on Saturday instead of Sunday to prevent cancellation if the museum has to close because of a government shutdown. “We want to make sure we are celebrating regardless of what Congress does,” Tony Clark, the site’s public affairs director, …

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Senate Leaders Reach Funding Deal To Avert Shutdown

CNN reports: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have cut a deal and are circulating a 79-page short-term spending bill to keep the government open past Saturday, according to a draft obtained by CNN. With government funding set to expire Saturday at midnight, there’s no guarantee that a Senate stopgap bill will be able to …

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McCarthy Wants Meeting With Biden Before Shutdown

Politico reports: Speaker Kevin McCarthy has reached a new point in spending negotiations, with only five days until a shutdown deadline: pushing for a meeting with President Joe Biden. While McCarthy and his allies are increasingly projecting confidence they’ll be able to notch at least one minor spending win this week, it won’t do anything to avert a shutdown. “I …

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Buttigieg Urges GOP To Live Up To Their Funding Deal

“The American people don’t want a shutdown. From what I can tell, the Senate is ready to go. The administration is ready to go. House Republicans need to come to their senses and keep the government running. Look, Speaker McCarthy and the President made a deal. They made a deal earlier this summer. And by the way, it wasn’t an …

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