Congress stares down shutdown deadline

Time ticking on US deadline to avert shutdown

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 — Millions of Americans braced today for pay and welfare checks to stop within days as Congress careened toward a damaging government shutdown, with Republican right wingers blocking attempts to pass a budget. Four months after barely avoiding the more serious prospect of a credit default, the world's largest economy is once again on the verge of a convulsion, with the lights due to go out at the weekend. Republicans leading …

Congress stares down shutdown deadline

The House and Senate this week are staring down a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government, with a shutdown becoming more and more likely as lawmakers remain unable to reach a deal on keeping the lights on in Washington beyond the end of the month. Congress has just five days to avert a shutdown…

Time ticking on deadline to avert US government shutdown

Extreme polarization threatens a US government shutdown ALBAWABA – Not even a year since the United States barely avoided a catastrophic default, and not unscathed, today, the world’s largest economy is once again on the verge of yet another major fiscal crisis that could cause a US government shutdown by October 1...

Time ticking on US deadline to avert shutdown

WASHINGTON: Four months after barely avoiding a catastrophic default, the world's largest economy is once again on the verge of a major fiscal crisis. President Joe Biden's Democrats are engag

Time ticking on US deadline to avert shutdown

President Joe Biden's Democrats are engaged in a bitter feud with Republican rivals in Congress over spending bills, which, if not passed into law soon, may trigger a government shutdown.