Posts Tagged: US Government Shutdown
Trump Signs Pandemic Aid and Spending Bill, Averting Government Shutdown
US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and...
Defying Congress, Trump Vetoes Defense Bill, Threatens Government Shutdown
US President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan defense policy bill on Wednesday and raised the prospect that the United States could face a government shutdown...
US Lawmakers Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid Government Shutdown
US congressional negotiators on Monday reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown on Saturday, but congressional aides said it did...
Shutdown Over, Senate Advances Middle East Bill
The US Senate advanced legislation reaffirming support for allies in the Middle East on Monday, including fresh sanctions on Syria and a measure that combats the anti-Israel boycott,...
Trump Announces Deal With Lawmakers to End Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump said on Friday he has reached a tentative agreement with US lawmakers for three weeks in stop-gap funding that would end a...
US Lawmakers Search for Remedies as Government Shutdown Rolls on
The US Senate, after rejecting two shutdown-ending bills, was searching for a way to end a government closure entering its 35th day and threatening the...
Senate Stirs With Votes on Bills to End US Shutdown
The Republican-led US Senate planned votes for Thursday on competing proposals, one broadly backed by Democrats and the other by Republicans, to end the partial government...
Senate Sets Votes, but US Shutdown Likely to Go on
There was no sign of quick relief for 800,000 federal workers going without pay because of the partial government shutdown as the US Senate scheduled votes...
On Day 28, No Sign of End to US Federal Government Shutdown
As the partial US government shutdown hit the four-week mark on Friday, tensions mounted in Washington on either side of the standoff over President Donald Trump's demand...
Jewish Soup Kitchen Offers Free Food to Unpaid Federal Employees at LaGuardia Airport as Government Shutdown Grinds On
Staff members and volunteers of a Jewish soup kitchen and food pantry handed out flyers for free food at LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday to federal employees struggling...
Trump to Meet Lawmakers at White House as Shutdown Enters 25th Day
President Donald Trump will meet members of Congress at the White House later on Tuesday as the partial US government shutdown enters a 25th day without...
As US Shutdown Ties Record, Trump Weighs Emergency Declaration
President Donald Trump, facing the prospect of the longest US government shutdown in history, is considering declaring a national emergency that would likely escalate a...
Air Travel Fears Mount as US Government Shutdown Drags On
US airport security workers and air traffic controllers working without pay warned that security and safety could be compromised if a government shutdown continues beyond Friday,...
First Bill of New US Congress, on Middle East Policy, Stalls in Senate
Legislation reaffirming US support for allies in the Middle East, including a measure to punish Americans who boycott Israel, fell victim on Tuesday to a...
