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A Government Shutdown Looms. What Services and Benefits Could Be Affected?
Many federal agencies have plans in place to weather a shutdown, but a disruption would still affect critical government services.
[ nytimes.com ] Shutdowns (Institutional),The Wrecking-Ball Caucus: How the Far Right Brought Washington to Its Knees
Right-wing Republicans who represent a minority in their party and in Congress have succeeded in sowing mass dysfunction, spoiling for a shutdown, an impeachment and a House coup.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Politics and Government,Republicans Inch Closer to Spending Deal, Spoiling for a Shutdown Showdown
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, grasping for G.O.P. votes to bring spending bills up for debate, proposed a new measure with deeper cuts to appease the hard right, paving the way for a clash with the Senate.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Politics and Government,Here Are the Five Republicans Who Have Defied McCarthy on Spending
The defectors broke with their party to block a Pentagon spending bill from being debated in the House. Their stances reflect deep G.O.P. divisions pushing the government toward a shutdown.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Politics and Government,Iran Released Five American Prisoners
Also, Kevin McCarthy’s plan to avoid a shutdown. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
[ nytimes.com ]McCarthy’s Plan to Avoid a Shutdown Hits Stiff G.O.P. Opposition
Republican leaders were hoping to pass the combination of spending cuts and border controls to show they were working to forestall a shutdown and pressure the Senate, but the bill’s prospects looked grim.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Politics and Government,Facing a Shutdown, Congress Melts Down
Bands of Republicans in the House and the Senate have brought the spending debate to a screeching halt with a shutdown just days away.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Politics and Government,McCarthy Pulls Back Pentagon Spending Bill, Inching Closer to a Shutdown
The House speaker abandoned efforts to move forward on a normally bipartisan military spending bill as far-right Republicans balked at the funding level, after pleading with his party to avert a shutdown.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Politics and Government,McCarthy Tries to Leverage Biden Impeachment to Avoid a Shutdown
But some conservatives are dismissive, saying the House could continue investigating the president and his family even if funding for the government lapses at the end of September.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Politics and Government,Debt Deal Behind Them, Lawmakers Plunge Into Bitter Spending Fight
House Republicans are pushing to pass measures with spending levels below those agreed to in the debt limit compromise, infuriating Democrats and raising the prospect of a shutdown this fall.
[ nytimes.com ] United States Politics and Government,Here's the next step for the stopgap funding bill
The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill on Thursday to avert a shutdown by extending government funding through December 3. The bill next heads to the House, which is also expected to approve the measure.
[ cnn.com ]Schumer announces Senate will vote Thursday on stopgap bill to avert shutdown
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday night that Democrats had reached an agreement with Republicans on a stopgap bill to keep the government funded through early December and will vote Thursday on the measure to avert a shutdown.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The failures that led to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
By now, we have all heard about last week's Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack that caused a shutdown of the 5,500-mile pipeline responsible for carrying fuel from refineries along the Gulf Coast to New Jersey. The disruption led to stranding gasoline supplies across half the East coast, raising gas prices at the pump and to some states preemptively declaring an emergency.
[ cnn.com ]GOP congresswoman to no longer challenge Biden's win after US Capitol breach
GOP Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers announced Wednesday evening she will reverse her position on challenging President-elect Joe Biden's victory after rioters forced a shutdown of the House and Senate chambers of the US Capitol.
[ cnn.com ]George W. Bush derides 'sickening' breach
Republican former President George W. Bush derided the rioters who forced a shutdown of the House and Senate chambers of the US Capitol on Wednesday, calling the scene "sickening and heartbreaking" in a pointed statement.
[ cnn.com ]Congress faces shutdown deadline as it races to secure a Covid relief deal
Congress is once again up against a shutdown deadline amid an eleventh-hour effort to secure a much-needed $900 billion pandemic relief deal with government funding set to expire at midnight.
[ cnn.com ]Honda shutdown is a Brexit warning
Honda has been forced to halt production at a major plant in England because parts deliveries have been delayed — an ominous sign ahead of January when the end of barrier-free trade with the European Union could snarl supply chains.
[ cnn.com ]Mnuchin says Trump 'wants to make sure there is not a shutdown'
Two of the top negotiators in Washington -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin -- spoke Tuesday afternoon about funding the government, weeks after talks broke down for a new stimulus package to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.
[ cnn.com ]Toronto begins a four-week lockdown
People lined up for groceries in Toronto this weekend as a shutdown loomed for Canada's largest city -- the second time since the pandemic began.
[ cnn.com ]Pence claims government funding agreement 'reached,' despite negotiations only just getting started
Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that an agreement had been "reached" on a continuing resolution to fund the government when money runs out at the end of September, even though the two sides have not begun negotiations over how to avert a shutdown.
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