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Fears are swirling that Congress could be headed for its first government shutdown in years. Lawmakers have until Saturday to strike a deal to prevent a lapse in government funding — and there isn’t a deal in sight. Here’s what a shutdown could mean for Americans: Furloughs for federal workers The nation saw its last shutdown roughly…
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is due to try to advance steep spending cuts this week that stand no chance of becoming law and could force a partial shutdown of the U.S. government by next Sunday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sought to avoid that scenario when he hammered out a spending agreement with Democratic President Joe Biden this spring. Congress typically misses that deadline and passes stopgap spending bills to avoid disruption while they finish their work.
Rep. Garret Graves, a top ally of Speaker McCarthy, warned conservative holdouts on Republicans' spending plans that they were 'empowering' Democrats' liberal policies.
Food programs, Head Start, research money and the sausage-making of regulations all get put on hold.
U.S. State and Defense Department officials warned on Tuesday that a possible government shutdown could affect international weapons shipments by the United States, including to Ukraine and Taiwan. Mira Resnick, deputy assistant Secretary of State for Regional Security, testified in Congress that she could not say what would happen, but in the past, the State Department's bureau of political and military affairs has been unable to process new licenses or new military sales for any partner, inclu