Senate GOP Close to Cutting Deal to Avoid Shutdown

Senate GOP rushes to pass budget bill, avoid shutdown ahead of midterms

Leaders are also working to confirm 74 nominees and advance a $95 billion package for the Iran war and inflation-battered farmers before leaving town Friday.

Release of Senate stopgap bill could slip as negotiations drag

The timeline is slipping for senators to strike a bipartisan deal on a short-term funding patch before their August recess as leadership struggles to work out the finer details. Senior appropriators had been hopeful of unveiling text before the weekend for a stopgap measure expected to keep the government funded into early December. But sources […]

Senators Seek to Limit Trump Budget Office Power

"Senate Republicans are close to cutting a deal with their Democratic counterparts to avoid a government shutdown and rein in a proposed rule from the White House budget office that would give Trump appointees more power to withhold congressional appropriations," NewsNation reports."GOP lawmakers ar

Deal to avoid shutdown moving closer as GOP and Dems near agreement on issues

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Thursday that he hopes a government funding deal will come together before the Senate goes into a five-week recess next month.

Senate GOP close to cutting deal to avoid shutdown

Senate Republicans are close to cutting a deal with their Democratic counterparts to avoid a government shutdown and rein in a proposed rule from the White House budget office that would give Trump…