Senate poised to adopt spending bill as shutdown deadline arrives
The vote finally wrapped up months of wrangling over the 2024 fiscal year, which began in October.
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The vote finally wrapped up months of wrangling over the 2024 fiscal year, which began in October.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Further complicating the situation for President Joe Biden, a group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday, voted in favour of advancing a resolution to potentially freeze US military aid to Israel, The Hill reported. World News | US: In Stern Message to Biden, Democratic 'rebels' Vote in Favour of Freezing Aid to Israel.
A group of Senate Democrats voted Tuesday in favor of advancing a resolution sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to potentially freeze U.S. military aid to Israel, sending a pointed message to President Biden that the war in Gaza is becoming a major problem for his party. The Senate voted 72 to 11 to…
GOP Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Marco Rubio (Fla.) locked horns with Biden administration officials during a Wednesday morning Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on emergency funding for Ukraine. The two Republican senators were the only members of the panel who openly opposed support for President Biden’s $105 billion supplemental appropriations request, which contains $60…
The Senate on Wednesday voted down an amendment to its latest government funding package that is intended to prevent future government shutdowns by creating a permanent stopgap spending measure if Congress does not complete its appropriations work. Senators voted 56-42 on the amendment, which was proposed by Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). Sixty votes were needed…