Tag: funding bill
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US Government Shutdown Threat Looms as Funding Talks Stall
What Triggers the Shutdown As the fiscal year nears its end, lawmakers faced a hard deadline to approve funding for the government. A spending bill intended to keep federal operations running into the new year failed to pass before the cutoff, leaving Congress with a temporary funding measure that does not have durable support. With…
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US Government Shutdown Looms as Funding Talks Collapse
Overview The United States faces a looming government shutdown as the fiscal year ends without a funding agreement. With the clock running out, lawmakers have yet to resolve differences over a large funding package that would keep federal agencies operating beyond the deadline. A temporary funding measure failed to advance in the Senate after Democrats…