US EditionKey House committee advances government funding package
The bill funds the government through January 30, guarantees back pay for federal workers, and supports food stamps for 42 million Americans, ending a 42-day shutdown.
- On Wednesday, the House Rules Committee advanced the Senate-passed bill to the House floor after meeting more than six hours.
- After 42 days of shutdown, lawmakers sought to reopen the government, but the package does not extend Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire Dec. 31, a key Democratic demand.
- The bill would reopen the government through Jan. 30 and funds food stamps through fiscal year 2026, guaranteeing backpay for federal employees and reversing President Donald Trump's firings.
- The House will reconvene at 12 p.m. on Wednesday to vote, with a final vote likely around 7 p.m.; if passed and signed by President Donald Trump, SNAP aid will resume for 42 million Americans.
- A contentious addition permits GOP senators to sue for $500,000 over phone-record seizures tied to ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith's probe, retroactive to 2022, amid a Senate 60-40 vote and partisan House split.
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Tran & Min’s 42-day shutdown was a disgusting show of radical allegiance
Derek Tran, Dave Min and House Democrats forced hardworking Californians to suffer through the longest government shutdown in a disgusting and shameless display of just how far left they will go to appease their radical socialist base and earn political “leverage.” Finally, after achieving nothing for 42 days except furloughing workers, grounding flights, risking pay for troops, and union after union begging them to stop the chaos, the Senate an…
US House expected to clear bill reopening the government after record-shattering shutdown
Furloughed federal workers stand in line for hours ahead of a special food distribution by the Capital Area Food Bank and No Limits Outreach Ministries on Barlowe Road in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — The U.S. House plans to approve a stopgap spending bill Wednesday evening that will end the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown once President Donald Trump signs the le…
In the US, a transitional budget could soon end the current standstill of government and authorities by January.
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