A new budget was due by Saturday, the first day of the new fiscal year, raising the possibility
of a government shutdown later this week.
Not exact matches
Today, the president traveled to M. Luis Construction in Rockville, Md., to deliver his
latest in a series
of strongly - worded attacks against House Republicans regarding the
government shutdown.
Jan 18 (Reuters)- Investors have shrugged off the
latest threat
of a federal
government shutdown, saying they are not worried about a major pullback in shares even if U.S. lawmakers fail to strike a deal.
In general, though, the Senate seems uncomfortable with the idea
of pushing up the debt limit without addressing the
government shutdown, which seems to be the
latest House Republican strategy.
A flurry
of last - minute moves by the House, Senate and White House
late Monday in Washington failed to break a bitter budget standoff over President Obama's health care law, setting in motion the first
government shutdown in nearly two decades.
And there is no shortage
of potential catalysts to move this rally in precious metals, both gold and silver, beyond the skepticism phase: military intervention on North Korea,
government shutdown as the debt ceiling is reached in September, further implications
of Trump's collusion with Russia, and the beginning
of balance sheet reduction
later this year by the Fed, to name just a few.
At today's Puerto Rican Day Parade, Gov. David Paterson downplayed the possibility that there will be a
government shutdown, insisting a sufficient number
of senators will vote «yes» and pass his
latest budget extender bill tomorrow afternoon.
A state
government shutdown was averted after the state Legislature approved an emergency spending bill
late Monday with the help
of three Republican state senators.
Cuomo went on to allow that Paterson is in a «desperate» situation with the budget more than two months
late, and thus has had to resort to a «desperate tactic»
of insisting that the Legislature choose between approving extender bills that include cuts (in this case, cuts to health care spending) and a
government shutdown.
He explains why he hasn't been seen as much in the district as
of late and reassures them that there will be no
government shutdown.
Such a move could lead to a state
government shutdown and be the first
late budget
of Cuomo's tenure.
In an effort to avert a
shutdown of New York's state
government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced
late Sunday evening he would introduce a temporary budget extender that would fund the
government until May 31.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reached an agreement
late Friday with federal authorities to reopen the Statue
of Liberty amid the ongoing federal
government shutdown, his office and the National Park Service said.
During the
latest government shutdown, the District
of Columbia will pay for public services out
of a cash reserve.
The Senate's failure to pass a new stopgap spending measure
late Friday triggered a partial
government shutdown — the first since October 2013, beginning the shuttering
of «non-essential» agencies throughout the
government, furloughing federal workers and closing federal facilities.
Looking on the bright side
of the
latest attempt to break our democracy, at least the
government shutdown produced bipartisan buffoonery.
The
latest figures include part
of the 16 - day federal
government shutdown, which had ended during the latter part
of last week.