US Senate to Move on Stopgap Bill to Avert Partial Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will prepare stopgap spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday, as House Republicans offered no hint as to what their next move would be.
US House readies vote on funding bill as Trump urges shutdown threat
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives was set to vote on a bill to fund the government and impose new voter registration rules, as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump urged lawmakers to force a partial government shutdown if they don't get their way.
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"We cannot have a government shutdown," Mitch McConnell, said. "It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election."
US House Ties Government Funding to Voting Bill as Shutdown Deadline Nears
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will vote on legislation on Wednesday that pairs a must-pass spending bill with tighter voting rules, setting up an election year clash with the Democratic-majority Senate that risks a partial government shutdown.
US House Republicans set vote for must-pass spending bill with voting requirement
Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson intends to hold a Wednesday vote on a six-month stopgap federal funding measure, Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.
House to vote Wednesday on doomed GOP government funding bill
Speaker Mike Johnson's GOP government funding bill will come to the floor, but probably without enough votes. A Sept. 30 shutdown deadline looms.
House rejects Speaker Johnson's government funding bill as shutdown deadline nears
The U.S. House, including 14 Republicans, voted down a six-month GOP government funding plan Wednesday, as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., tries to avert a shutdown at the end of the month.
House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner
House Republicans are expected to derail their own plan to avert a government shutdown, which they've tied to a Donald Trump-backed bill on noncitizen voting.
Full List of Republicans Who Voted Against Mike Johnson's Funding Bill
The House of Representatives struck down a stopgap bill backed by Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday, with over a dozen Republicans defying the chamber's leadership and voting against the measure. The continuing resolution (CR) bill would have extended the current government funding levels for another six months,
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