Indiana lawmakers react to Senate vote, upcoming House vote to end government shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After the Senate successfully passed a continuing appropriations bill to end the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson has called House lawmakers back to Capitol Hill to vote on that bill — with the vote potentially coming as early as Wednesday afternoon. A handful of Senate Democrats voted with Republicans Monday (and a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers will make a long-awaited return to the nation's capital on Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. The House is scheduled to take up a bill to reopen the government that the…
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The federal government shutdown Wednesday after the Senate failed to pass bill that would have extended funding through Nov. 21. H.R. 5371 passed in the house but fell five votes short of the 60 required to pass in the Senate. Senators are leaving for observance of Yom…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date. Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side for the…