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Congress Passes Government Funding Bill, Preventing Shutdown and Clearing Nearly $14 Billion in Ukraine Aid
The spending bill, once signed by President Biden, will fund the government through September and send humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.
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Biden Signs Funding Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown for Three Weeks
The government will stay open for another three weeks, and lawmakers aim to craft a long-term funding bill before the next deadline.
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Senate Sends Biden Bill Averting Federal Shutdown
Without Senate passage of the identical House bill, agencies would have had to stop functioning over the weekend.
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House Passes Short-Term Government Funding Bill That Would Prevent Shutdown, Sends It to Senate
The Senate plans to pass the temporary government funding bill before a Feb. 18 deadline to prevent a shutdown.
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What to Do If You Have Tickets to a Live Event That's Canceled Due to Covid-19
Your ticket to a canceled concert could be a 2021 souvenir — because getting your money back may not be so easy.
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Biden Signs Stopgap Funding Bill to Keep Government Running
President Joe Biden has signed into law the stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government running through Feb. 18
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Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill, Avoiding Shutdown
The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates.
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Facebook ‘Addictive' and Particularly Destructive for Kids, Say Senators: CNBC After Hours
On today’s show, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin breaks down the Senate subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill that grilled Facebook over its strategy for teen users.
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Biden Signs Temporary Funding Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown
The House passed a bill to prevent a government shutdown, sending it to President Joe Biden ahead of a midnight deadline.
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Senate Reaches a Deal to Avoid a Government Shutdown
Congress needs to pass a funding bill before midnight Thursday to prevent a government shutdown.
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Treasury Secretary Yellen Warns Congress: Address Debt Limit or Trigger Economic Recession
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers at a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday that the United States is close to exhausting its federal borrowing capacity, which could result in a financial crisis and economic recession.
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Senate GOP Blocks Bill That Would Fund Government and Suspend Debt Limit, as Time Runs Short to Avoid Shutdown and Default
Democrats are scrambling to find a way to prevent a government shutdown and a default on U.S. debt.
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What Could Cause a Government Shutdown and What Is the Debt Ceiling?
The White House is preparing for a possible government shutdown as leaders struggle to pass a budget by the end of this month. Every year, Congress must approve a federal budget that will finance the government for the upcoming 12 months. It consists of 12 appropriations bills, one for each Appropriations subcommittee. The federal government’s fiscal calendar runs from Oct….
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House Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown, Suspend Debt Limit — But It Faces Senate Roadblocks With Deadlines Near
The House took the first step toward avoiding a government shutdown and suspending the debt ceiling, but the bill could fail in the Senate.
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Debt Ceiling Vs Government Shutdown: How They're Different and Why They Matter
Failure to fund the U.S. government leads to a shutdown, but failure to increase the debt ceiling would lead to default.
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White House Proposes Stopgap Bill With Disaster Aid as Congress Hashes Out Trillions in Spending
The White House proposed a stopgap measure to fund the government as lawmakers haggle over a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a $3.5 trillion budget package.
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Trump Signs Covid Relief and Government Funding Bill Days After He Suggested He Would Block It
Trump had refused to sign the bill for days, leading an estimated 14 million people to lose a week of unemployment benefits.
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Trump's Attack on Covid Relief Bill Could Lead to Government Shutdown, Lapse in Unemployment Aid
Trump threatened to oppose a more than $2 trillion coronavirus relief and government spending bill only after Congress passed it.
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Congress Passes Long-Awaited Covid Relief Bill and Government Funding Plan
Congress passed a bill that contains $900 billion in coronavirus aid and a $1.4 trillion government funding plan, sending it to President Trump.
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Trump Signs Two-Day Funding Bill as Congress Rushes to Finalize Spending, Covid Relief Deal
Washington will prevent a government shutdown for two days while Congress tries to reach spending and coronavirus relief deals.