Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes spending bill
The Senate has passed a spending bill to continue funding the government through September, narrowly avoiding a shutdown with ...
The Senate just voted to avoid a shutdown with a bill that cuts non-defense spending by $13 billion
Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's ...
Senate passes GOP measure to avert shutdown as Democrats fume over choice
The Senate passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline Friday, ...
Shutdown averted after Schumer caves and backs Trump spending bill
A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate ...
Republicans’ budget bill rules out federal earmarks for state projects
While Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted for the spending measure to avoid a shutdown, it eliminates millions of ...
Sen. King fears more cuts could include vital employees at Department of Veterans Affairs
In addition to 80,000 layoffs expected by June, the Department of Veterans Affairs is also eliminating 585 contracted ...
Sen. Angus King demands transparency from VA secretary in wake of cuts
After VA secretary Doug Collins announced the cancellation of more than 500 contracts earlier this year, King asked Collins ...
Senator Angus King warns cutting Ukraine support could lead to global conflict
"A major blunder," that's how Maine senator Angus King describes what he believes would happen if America "abandoned Ukraine.
Senate votes to avoid government shutdown
The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government ...