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The agreement avoids the shutdown that was slated to begin at midnight on Sept. 30, ensuring Americans retain access to crucial government services and sidestepping an embarrassing political ...
The bill funds the government through March 14. "There will be no government shutdown right before Christmas," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a social media post as the ...
With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier ...
The bill, passed 10 months after the White House asked for such legislation, includes funding to help fight the Zika virus and study its effects, such as on unborn babies. It also included help for residents of Flint, Michigan and Louisiana. The bill averted a government shutdown mere days before the funding deadline. [1] [2]
The department was established by the Maryland General Assembly in 1999. [2] The Maryland Veterans Trust, a 501(c)(3) organization, was created in 2010 with authorization of the general assembly. [3] On July 1, 2024, the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs was renamed to the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families. [4]
Units of the National Park System closed during the 2013 federal government shutdown. Shown here is the National Mall. While government shutdowns before 1995–1996 had very mild effects, a full federal government shutdown causes a large number of civilian federal employees to be furloughed. Such employees are forbidden even to check their e ...
Medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs were unaffected by the shutdown. Veterans had already received pension, disability, and GI Bill payments for October. The VA predicted that if the shutdown lasted for more than two or three weeks, the VA might not be able to pay benefits for November. The VA continued to work on ...
The House plans to vote this week on a three-month funding bill to avoid a government shutdown — without an election ... The federal government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1 unless ...