Tag: furloughs
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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 Bill Stalls in Congress
Rising Threat of a U.S. Government Shutdown As the fiscal year ends, the risk of a government shutdown looms large. A temporary funding bill introduced in the Senate failed to secure broader support, leaving Congress without a clear path to avert a lapse in federal spending. White House talks on Monday did not yield an…