Government Shutdown
The measure is designed to give bipartisan bargainers more time to reach an overdue deal financing federal agencies until fall.
The Senate successfully averted a government shutdown on Thursday after a group of Senate conservatives agreed to a symbolic vote on vaccine mandates.
The debt ceiling crisis remains unresolved, however.
Congress is moving to avert one crisis while putting off another.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Senate Republicans successfully filibustered a House-passed bill that would’ve avoided a government shutdown.
Congress has only a few days to act before the federal government shuts down and begins furloughing workers in the middle of a pandemic.
More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast are running out of fuel as the pipeline shutdown drags on.
From inciting violence to separating families, the repercussions of the Trump administration’s policies and rhetoric will be felt for a long time.
The TV personality claimed shutdowns are deadlier than COVID-19.
One proposal plans to provide a relief payment of $2,000 per month for up to a year.