Sentences with phrase «pass spending bill»

Congress has til Jan. 19 to pass another spending bill.

The provision was snuck into a must - pass spending bill by Sen. Tom Carper (D - Del.)

Votes on the measure are expected this week as early as Thursday afternoon, as failure to pass a spending bill by midnight Friday, March 23 would lead to a government shutdown.

And when lawmakers in the 113th Congress take office in early January, they also will confront a yawning shortfall in the Pell Grant program, which helps low - income students attend college; grapple with a planned rise in student - loan interest rates; and pass a spending bill financing the federal government for the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year.

Most recently, Republicans tried to insert into the draft of a must - pass spending bill a provision that would relax coordination rules between candidates and political parties.

That's to say nothing of the practical problem Trump's plan would face in the Senate, where at least eight Democrats will be needed to overcome a filibuster and pass any spending bill.

tried to insert into the draft of a must - pass spending bill a provision that would relax coordination rules

I can not think of anything more essential to running the government, considering that if they don't pass a spending bill, the shutdown can not end.

PLATTSBURGH Congress must pass a spending bill in early - February to avoid another government shutdown

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When lawmakers return from summer recess, they must pass a spending bill by the end of September to avoid a shutdown.

Vice President Mike Pence is cutting short a 10 - day trip to Asia and Hawaii, returning to Washington by mid-week to help the president pass a spending bill to keep the government fully open past Friday.

The deadline to pass a spending bill or else face a shutdown is this Thursday, April 27.

Not long thereafter, Citigroup slipped a repeal of the provision into the must - pass spending bill that would keep the government running through this September.

But in December 2014, Citigroup was able to slip language into the must - pass spending bill that effectively repealed this critical Dodd - Frank provision and President Obama signed the bill into law.

The Tennessee Republican said it's critical to do something as part of this week's must - pass spending bill before insurance companies set their 2019 prices, which could shock consumers this fall.

Then there was the uncertainty around whether Congress would be able to pass a spending bill in time to prevent another shutdown.

Lawmakers hope to approve a must - pass spending bill on Thursday as the clock ticks toward potential government shutdown this weekend.

The government has also scrambled to pass a spending bill that will keep it in business and extend its ability to borrow beyond current limits.

Cruz and other conservative Republicans were trying to delay a must - pass spending bill.

(Bloomberg)-- The White House is scaling back its plan to seek cuts from already - passed spending bills in the face of resistance from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and spending panel Republicans, two GOP congressional aides briefed on the plan said Thursday.

Now that the health care bill has been defeated, Senate leaders hope to move on to tax reform and to passing a spending bill in order to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September.

The White House released a proposed budget that is largely irrelevant, given Congress passed a spending bill last week that outlines priorities.

US Congress has passed the spending bill that declared country - of - origin labelling (COOL) law as void.

Should Republicans take control of the Senate in the 2014 elections, McConnell intends to pass spending bills that «have a lot of restrictions on the activities of the bureaucracy.»

The Republican - controlled House has passed a spending bill that maintains spending levels but does not provide funding to implement the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.

The House has been passing spending bills that adhere to strict limits known as sequestration, which was signed into law in 2011.

Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Appropriations» own subcommittee passed a spending bill for fiscal year 2016, which begins 1 October, that would give the Office of Science just a 1.5 % increase.

A shutdown is imminent because Congress has not passed a spending bill to finance the government for the 2014 fiscal year, which begins at midnight.

Today, the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill that wouldn't cut quite as deep — just 6.4 % — but that's not doing much to dull the pain.

Recently the US Senate appropriations committee passed a spending bill that mysteriously included funding for the computational study of albedo hacking.

Congress passed a spending bill that included the reauthorization of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.

Not exact matches

- House Republicans have passed a short - term spending bill.

The senators originally promised to include the measures in a year - end spending bill, but because Congress is only working to pass a short - term extension of federal government funding this week, Collins and Alexander say they will include the bills in an omnibus bill in January.

Both countries» economies are growing but under Trump, the U.S. slashed corporate taxes and passed a US$ 1.3 - trillion spending bill, which will juice the economy and make higher interest rates a given.

The House of Representatives averted a government shutdown on Thursday, narrowly passing a $ 1.1 trillion spending bill despite strenuous Democratic objections to controversial financial provisions.

If passed by the Senate, the spending bill would fund all government agencies through September 2015, except for the Department of Homeland Security, which would get an extension only through Feb. 27.

Sept. 30 marks the final day of fiscal year 2015 and members of Congress are working to pass a bill that would allow U.S. federal agencies to continue spending money, thus avoiding the second federal government shutdown in two years.

Clinton intervened in the Zika virus crisis in early August, joining many Republican and Democratic officials from Florida in demanding that Congress cut short its summer recess and pass the $ 1.1 billion spending bill to help combat the spread of the dreaded disease in the continental United States.

But he noted that Congress is under a March deadline to pass the Dreamers measure, saying «We've got other deadlines in front of that,» referring to the spending bills.

The Congressional spending bill passed last week offers some hope to student loan borrowers who previously thought they were ineligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Separately, some conservative Republicans in Congress are hoping to thwart Obama's immigration action by tying it to a must - pass government spending bill, although the Republican leadership wants to avert a government shutdown over the issue.

Here's what services are «essential» and would continue if the government fails to pass a new spending bill by Friday, USA Today reports.

Under a continuing resolution passed last week in place of actual federal spending bills, Pentagon budgets are capped at 2015 levels, severely limiting the service branches» ability to start new programs or even shutdown programs they don't need anymore.

Trump sent shockwaves through Congress when he made the threat to reject t $ 1.3 billion spending bill after it passed the Senate late last night with bipartisan support.

But the spending bill, which is expected to add roughly $ 1.7 trillion to the federal debt over the next decade, passed the House a mere 17 hours after its 8 p.m. release Wednesday night.

The provisions in the bill must directly affect the federal government's spending or revenue — it's a way to restrict what policies can pass under the special privileges of reconciliation, which allows a bill to advance with only 50 votes instead of the usual 60.

Congress passed a $ 1.3 trillion spending bill in March that provides big increases to the military and to domestic programs lifts strict limits on military and domestic spending this year.

The Senate also passed a separate bill authorizing water projects around the country that included directions for spending the Flint money and provisions to provide relief to drought - stricken California.

Republican leaders are figuring out whether to include the provisions in a must - pass omnibus spending bill before a March 23 deadline.