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The Latest Breaking News on Washington blinks as debt costs begin to bite

Senate passes temporary spending bill to avert government shutdown

The vote tees up two spending deadlines next year

The Independent UK

Stopgap spending bill raises sequester specter at Pentagon - Roll Call

While concerns over a government shutdown are easing, the risk of a cut to the Pentagon's budget are rising.

Roll Call

Congress on track to avoid a shutdown as House passes two-tier spending bill

The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a GOP-led spending bill that would set two separate funding deadlines next year.

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The White House and some Republicans pan Johnson's 2-part plan to avoid a shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson's temporary spending plan has already been met with opposition from Democrats and some Republicans.

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Johnson offers up two-tiered stopgap funds plan - Roll Call

GOP speaker proposes to extend spending for some agencies to mid-January and others into February as a partial shutdown deadline nears.

Roll Call

House passes Legislative Branch spending bill that cuts diversity office - Roll Call

Republicans included language to prohibit DEI programming and zero out $3.5 million in funds for the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Roll Call

Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic 'soft landing'

Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recession

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Why McCarthy’s ouster as Speaker could make everything less affordable for everyday Americans

Investors are either increasingly unwilling or unable to finance a dysfunctional U.S. government, and this risks pushing borrowing costs for Americans higher.

Fortune

Government shutdown narrowly averted as Senate backs McCarthy deal with Democrats

Concerns persist about a lack of funding to support Ukraine in the 45-day stopgap spending bill

The Independent UK

Congress passes spending stopgap, averting a shutdown hours before midnight deadline

The Senate voted 88-9 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 17. President Biden signed the bill into law shortly afterward.

WEKU

‘This is good news’: Biden signs stopgap funding bill to avert US shutdown

President signed the bill hours after it was approved in a bipartisan vote, but admonished Republicans for the delay

The Guardian - US

House rejects GOP-authored spending bill as shutdown looms

The US government’s fiscal year ends at midnight on 30 September

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans get unexpected win in race to avoid shutdown

The rule allows for the House to debate passing a stop-gap spending bill to avert a government shutdown

The Independent UK

McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday

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The Independent UK

Senate poised for compromise to avert government shutdown as House GOP infighting continues

It’s unclear whether the Republican-controlled House would take up any legislation advanced by the Democratic-led Senate at this time

WEKU

Washington prepares for the shutdown that was never supposed to happen

The Senate will vote today to start debate on a bipartisan stop-gap spending bill with funding for Ukraine and disaster relief. Even if the Senate is able to pass it, House action is unclear.

The Independent UK

With a government shutdown just days away, Congress is moving into crisis mode

With five days to go before a government shutdown, Congress returns to work in crisis mode

The Independent UK

White House warns nutrition assistance for 7m mothers and children would stop if GOP causes shutdown

White House is warning of the human cost of a potential government shutdown to draw attention to what they describe as the direct consequences of Republican rule

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The Independent UK

GOP congressman says Americans ‘sick and tired’ of government shutdowns as his party threatens one

Far-right conservatives offer McCarthy his greatest test as Speaker with shutdown budget demands

Roll Call

Four spending bills readied for House floor amid stopgap uncertainty - Roll Call

The House GOP set up debate on four full-year spending bills, but a stopgap is needed to keep the government fully operating past Sept. 30.

Barchart

Can U.S. Lawmakers Avoid a Government Shutdown?

U.S. lawmakers have less than ten days to come up with a spending bill to fund the U.S. government or risk a shutdown. An extended shutdown could roil the U.S. economy, which already must contend with an ongoing autoworkers strike, soaring gasoline prices, higher interest rates, and the restart of...

Salon

Freedom means tormenting Kevin McCarthy

Conveniently, the Freedom Caucus wants to blame Democrats after Donald Trump ran up $8 trillion in debt

The Guardian - US

McCarthy’s House speakership hangs by a thread as US shutdown looms

Hard-right Republicans have made clear that if McCarthy cuts a deal with the Democrats to fund the government, he may be ousted

Roll Call

Progress seen in House GOP spending talks - Roll Call

House Republicans appeared to be moving closer to agreement Wednesday on an opening bid for stopgap funding legislation.

Reason

Congress Is Still Using 'Emergency Spending' on Non-Emergencies

Since Congress won't cut spending, an independent commission may be the only way to rein in the debt.

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