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Congress is quickly approaching a pair of government funding deadlines, with one week to go before a potential partial shutdown and lawmakers at an impasse with no clear plan in place to avoid it.
A leader of the Cherokee Nation is warning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to avoid a government shutdown, saying it would have a “devastating” impact on Indian Country and the Cherokee Nation in particular. A partial shutdown will begin March 2 unless Congress takes action to extend funding. Appropriations covered by the Agriculture, Energy-Water, Military Construction-Veterans…
House lawmakers aren't scheduled to return to Washington until Feb. 28. That's just two days ahead of yet another government shutdown deadline.
Despite negotiations that have been going on for months, Congress once again barely avoided a partial shutdown by passing a stopgap bill to extend spending past the Friday deadline. Lawmakers passed a short-term bill Thursday to extend the deadline and leave the problem of funding the government in 2024 for another day. The Senate took the first step and passed the spending bill in a 77-18 vote in the morning.
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to fund the federal government until early March, preventing a partial shutdown. It has been sent to President Joe Biden for final approval. Source: Reuters, as reported by European Pravda Details: The bill received 314 votes in favour and 108 against, of which 106 were from Republicans and two from Democrats.