The five-week partial shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, according to a Congressional Budget Officereport. The CBO said most of that would be recovered once the shutdown ended, but estimated a permanent loss of about $3 billion. Businesses across the countrythat relied on government custome...
President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with Republicans over the federal budget into 2024.
A shutdown happens when Congress fails to approve the funding bills, called appropriations bills, that promise money to different parts of the federal government so they can function. Lawmakers are supposed to pass 12 different spending bills to fund agencies across th...
House passes funding bills to avert partial government shutdown The House is voting on a package of six government funding bills Wednesday afternoon to avert a partial government shutdown before the Friday deadline. Feb 29, 2024, 9:05 PM Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert govern...
More In Government Shutdown Politics Senate passes spending bills to avoid government shutdown, sending them to Trump Fri, Dec 20th 2019 Politics House passes $1.4T spending plan to prevent shutdown, sending it to Senate Tue, Dec 17th 2019 Politics Congress reaches a tentative deal to fund the...
The president eventually signed spending bills approved by Congress. Dec. 17, 1982 Duration:Three days White House:Reagan Senate control:Republicans House control:Democrats What happened:The shutdown arose in part from Reagan's opposition to a measure that included billions in funding for a jobs cr...
Here are some facts about U.S. government shutdowns: WHY WOULD THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN? Congress must allocate funding to 438 government agencies each fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. If lawmakers don’t pass those bills before the new fiscal year starts, those agencies will be unable...
With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: paralyzed as conservatives feud with Kevin McCarthy.
The US Senate has rejected two bills to end the government shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies. The Republican legislation failed by 50-47 and the Democratic bill followed suit by 52-44. Both measures were long shots, needing 60 votes to pas...
1. Why did the government shut down? Congress has one key duty in the Constitution – pass spending bills that fund the government. If it doesn’t, most functions of government – from funding agencies to paying out small business loans and processing passport requests – grinds to a halt....