Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans
Thursday, 28 September 2023 The US Senate is pushing for a bipartisan stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, while the House prepares to vote on partisan Republican spending bills. The Senate bill, which would extend federal spending until November 17 and authorize funding for domestic disaster response and aid to Ukraine, has already been rejected by Republicans in the House. The funding fight revolves around a small portion of the overall budget and does not involve cuts to popular benefit programs. The risk of a shutdown remains high as the two chambers take different approaches to funding.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposes a short-term spending bill to fund the government, but it's unlikely to pass in the Senate, risking a government shutdown. China and Saudi Arabia to..
Tensions flared within the closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Thursday, highlighting the deep divisions and internal discord within the House GOP conference as they struggle to unite around a..
U.S. House of Representatives: U.S. House of Representatives The House will continue work on 2024 federal spending legislation and a bill that provides $300 million in security assistance to Ukraine.
Thursday, 28 September 2023
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