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Congress Is Back, and the Clock Is Ticking

Lawmakers now face a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown

(Newser) - Congress gets back to work on Tuesday, and the biggest immediate challenge will be to sidestep a government shutdown under a tight deadline. The current funding expires at the end of September, and with limited time to negotiate, many expect a short-term extension will be needed. Yet, as the...

After Funding Vote, Group Wants a New Minority Leader

Schumer surrendered Democrats' leverage, Indivisible says

(Newser) - Indivisible, a grassroots progressive organization, has called on Sen. Chuck Schumer to step down as minority leader in response to his support for the Republican bill to fund government. After long saying he'd block the measure, Schumer instead backed it, helping to secure passage while arguing that the alternative...

Democrats Push Bill to Avert Shutdown Past First Vote
No Shutdown: Senate
Passes Funding Bill
UPDATED
Mar 14, 2025 5:30 PM CDT

No Shutdown: Senate Passes Funding Bill

Bill clears chamber despite friction among Democrats

(Newser) - The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law, per the AP . The vote was 54-46. Democrats voiced frustration that Republicans went ahead with a measure...

Schumer Facing Youth Revolt Within His Party

Some are encouraging AOC, a critic of his shutdown decision, to run for his Senate seat

(Newser) - As the Senate prepares for a series of votes on Friday that are expected to keep the government from shutting down at midnight, anger is brewing within the Democratic ranks. It stems from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision to support a GOP-written bill, with the top Democrat arguing...

Schumer Defends Shutdown Strategy in Op-Ed

One Senate Democrat says it's like giving a bully 'all of your lunch money'

(Newser) - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised enough Democratic support to pass the Republican funding bill that will avoid a government shutdown, despite admitting the bill is "terrible." In a guest essay at the New York Times , he explains himself while calling President Trump a "nihilist" who'...

Shutdown Fears Fade as Schumer Backs GOP Bill

Senate minority leader says he'll deliver enough Democratic support for passage

(Newser) - Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor on Thursday that he'll vote to advance the Republican funding bill and bring enough Democrats with him to avert a government shutdown. "For sure the Republican bill is a terrible option," Schumer said, per the Washington Post . Democrats...

Democrats Are in a Shutdown Pickle
Democrats Are in
a Shutdown Pickle
Mar 13, 2025 6:22 AM CDT

Democrats Are in a Shutdown Pickle

They don't want to vote for the GOP spending measure, but fear the alternative is worse

(Newser) - The government will shut down at midnight Friday unless Congress passes a spending measure before then, and the deadline is putting Senate Democrats in a bind: They don't want to vote for the GOP-authored resolution before them, but they fear the alternative of triggering a shutdown is worse. Coverage:...

Schumer: GOP Bill to Avert Shutdown Lacks the Votes

Standoff imperils deal before deadline, with one senator saying, 'Both outcomes are bad'

(Newser) - The Republican government funding bill that passed the House this week does not have enough support from Democrats to clear the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday. If the standoff holds, funding of the federal government will end at midnight Friday. At this point, any one of the 100...

Bill to Avoid Shutdown Passes in 217-213 Vote

Rep. Thomas Massie was the only Republican 'no' vote in the House

(Newser) - A stopgap funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown passed the House in a 217-213 vote on Tuesday, with one Republican and one Democrat bucking their parties. Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine voted for the bill, while GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky voted against it, the Hill...

GOP Unveils Spending Bill That Shifts Control to Administration

Democrats call the stopgap measure a power grab

(Newser) - House Republicans on Saturday unveiled a bill to keep government funded for six months, a blueprint that would boost allocations for defense, make cuts elsewhere, but largely retain funding levels set last year by President Biden. Congress has to pass something before midnight Friday to avoid a government shutdown. The...

Why Dozens of GOP Lawmakers Defied Trump
Why Dozens of
GOP Lawmakers
Defied Trump
THE RUNDOWN
Dec 20, 2024 6:45 AM CST

Why Dozens of GOP Lawmakers Defied Trump

Raising the debt limit was a big problem for 38 House GOPers who voted against spending bill

(Newser) - President-elect Trump urged all Republicans to vote in favor of the Plan B government spending deal Thursday night—but 38 House Republicans defied his wishes and voted against the plan , leaving the country on the brink of a government shutdown. The rebel lawmakers weren't moderate Republicans who have angered...

Spending Deal Is Dead, and It's Not Clear What's Next
Republicans Say They
Have a Spending Deal
updated
Dec 19, 2024 3:15 PM CST

Republicans Say They Have a Spending Deal

Trump backs the three-month Plan B, which leaves out congressional pay raise

(Newser) - House Republicans have announced that they've reached agreement on a Plan B to avert a government shutdown. They plan a vote later Thursday, the Hill reports, ahead of Friday's deadline. The new version includes a three-month continuing resolution and a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling but leaves...

Elon Musk Floated as Next Speaker of the House
'Unelected Oligarch,'
or the Next House Speaker?
the rundown
Dec 19, 2024 12:16 PM CST

'Unelected Oligarch,' or the Next House Speaker?

Rand Paul flexes his political muscle, earns praise and scorn

(Newser) - Elon Musk had a big hand in Republicans rejecting a spending bill that would've prevented a government shutdown. And Sen. Rand Paul wants the billionaire Trump ally, tapped to head a department of government efficiency in the incoming administration, to play a much bigger role going forward—as House...

Trump Rejects Plan to Prevent Government Shutdown

He says Johnson, other Republicans should renegotiate days before deadline

(Newser) - President-elect Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate—days before a deadline when federal funding runs out.
  • Trump's sudden decision to make new demands sent Congress spiraling as lawmakers are trying to
...

House Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

Stopgap measure funds the government until Dec. 20

(Newser) - The House has passed a temporary measure that would keep federal agencies funded when the new fiscal year begins Tuesday while punting final spending decisions for the next budget year until after the Nov. 5 election. The stopgap measure , approved Wednesday by a 341-82 vote, generally funds agencies at current...

Congress Reaches Short-Term Spending Deal

Temporary measure avoids partial government shutdown

(Newser) - Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election, the AP reports. Temporary spending bills generally...

House Rejects Funding Bill After Trump Weighs In

Johnson's stopgap proposal was linked to proof of citizenship for new voters

(Newser) - The House on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that would have linked temporary funding for the federal government with a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people register to vote. Next steps on government funding are uncertain. Lawmakers are not close to completing work on the...

Congress Has a Bill to Fund Government but Not Much Time

Partial shutdown over the weekend is possible, even if the usual rules are ignored

(Newser) - Time is almost up—again—for Congress to provide the funding to keep government operating. Negotiators agreed Thursday on a $1.2 trillion spending bill but might not be able to get it through both houses by the Friday midnight deadline, the New York Times reports. The obstacles include burdensome...

One Shutdown Averted, but Another Looms

Senate OKs $460B spending package to fund federal agencies right before deadline

(Newser) - The US Senate was able to fend off a partial government shutdown in the 11th hour on Friday, voting 75-22 to approve a six-bill, $460 billion spending package that will take care of budgets for various federal departments and independent agencies, reports Politico . Per that outlet and the Washington Post...

Another Last-Minute Deal Averts Shutdown (This Week)

Senate clears measure Thursday evening, with more spending talks next week

(Newser) - The House passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, per the AP . The Senate then took up the bill and easily approved it during an evening vote. It now goes to President Biden...

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