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The Senate will now depart for the holidays, and return on January 3, 2025, when the 119th Congress will be sworn in.-ABC News' Allison Pecorin. ... Ahead of vote on shutdown bill, Senate approves ...
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 ...
The Senate advanced the third version of a short-term spending bill by 85 to 11, and it will now head to ... Senate Republicans Try To Fast-track Emergency Military Pay As They Brace For Shutdown.
The bill requires that an amount equal to one day's worth of pay is withheld from Congressional salaries, for each day that a spending bill is not passed. [ 5 ] [ 1 ] The bill, if passed, would first take effect after the 2024 United States elections and first be effective on the 119th United States Congress , so as to comply with the 27th ...
The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Ben Cardin as S. 24 on January 3, 2019 with 30 cosponsors. [8] On January 10, 2019, it was passed by the Senate unanimously, in a voice vote. [9] The next day, the House of Representatives held debate on the bill, and then passed the Senate bill without amendment in a roll call vote. [10]
WASHINGTON – Congress has reached a deal to extend government funding through Dec. 20, leaders announced on Sunday. They're expected to kick the can down the road as lawmakers try to dodge a ...
Until the passage of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act in 2011, government shutdowns in the United Kingdom were impossible due to parliamentary convention.A government which could not command a majority in Parliament would be dismissed, either prior to the seating of Parliament when the Queen's Speech was voted down or later, when a vote of no confidence was tabled and passed, when a Finance Act ...
Many House Democrats supported the bill, ensuring its passage. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to also pass. ... While the government would technically shut down after 11:59 ...