federal budget
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PublishedMarch 14, 2025
King and Collins vote to fund government as Senate averts shutdown
In the end, enough Democratic senators decided a shutdown would be worse than the Republican plan and backed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's strategy to allow the bill to advance.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2024
House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before shutdown deadline
The bill was approved 366-34 and now goes to the Senate, for expected quick passage.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2024
All 4 members of Maine’s congressional delegation back government funding bill
Maine's House members noted that the final deal dropped a controversial suspension of the national debt ceiling, which had been backed by President-elect Donald Trump.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2024
Congress sends temporary bill to avoid shutdown to Biden’s desk
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., billed the measure as doing 'only what's absolutely necessary.'
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PublishedJune 28, 2024
Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge slows, supporting case for cut
At the same time, household spending rebounded, and incomes showed solid growth, offering some hope that price pressures can be tamed without lasting damage to consumers.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2024
Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage
It took lawmakers six months into the current budget year to get near the finish line on government funding, the process slowed by conservatives who pushed for more policy mandates and steeper spending cuts.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown
The latest package was clearly unpopular with most Republicans, who viewed it as containing too few of their policy priorities and as spending too much.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2024
Congress unveils $1.2 trillion plan to avert federal shutdown and bring budget fight to a close
Both parties were touting 'wins' in the package well before unveiling the massive 1,012-page bill, which had already won President Biden’s blessing.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2024
Lawmakers begin efforts to move around Speaker Mike Johnson, force vote on Ukraine aid
Over a month after the Senate approved a $95.3 billion national security package, the House remains indecisive about how – and whether – to aid allies at war.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2024
Spending bill would ease access to guns for some veterans declared mentally incapable
Veterans whom the government declares incapable of managing their own affairs would have easier access to firearms under spending legislation expected to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming days
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