Major New Jersey Highway Shutdown, Neighborhoods Locked Down in Parsippany
Parsippany, NJ – An intense police presence shut down a stretch of Route 202 and prompted a stay-in-place advisory Wednesday morning as law enforcement converged on the area near Kingston Road. Heavy…
House Passes Two-Step Continuing Resolution To Avert Gov’t Shutdown
House Passes Two-Step Continuing Resolution To Avert Gov’t Shutdown Mary Lou Masters on November 14, 2023 The Republican-held House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass Speaker Mike Johnson’s two-part continuing resolution (CR)…
House Republicans Prepare Stopgap Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON – House Republicans are set to release a stopgap spending measure on Saturday. This move aims to prevent a partial government shutdown by maintaining federal agency operations. The current funding is…
US Senate Democrats tee up bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday took a procedural step to allow the Democratic-majority chamber to pass a stopgap government funding bill before a Nov. 17 deadline…
Major Collision Leads to Route 73 Shutdown in South Jersey
VOORHEES, NJ — A significant motor vehicle collision resulted in the closure of both northbound and southbound lanes of Route 73 today. The shutdown affects the stretch between Evesham Road and Ardsley…
‘Must Not Surrender’: House Republicans Demand Big Spending Cuts To Fund Government Ahead Of New Shutdown Deadline
‘Must Not Surrender’: House Republicans Demand Big Spending Cuts To Fund Government Ahead Of New Shutdown Deadline Arjun Singh on October 31, 2023 House Republicans have indicated that they will not support…
Goldman Sachs no longer sees U.S. govt shutdown in 2023
(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs removed its forecast for a U.S. government shutdown this year given new geopolitical risks and the election of a speaker at the House of Representatives, but warned of…
Marketmind: U.S. shutdown relief vs mixed China PMIs
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. An early burst of positive sentiment – or relief – after the…
US near-miss with government shutdown illustrates Washington dysfunction
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. narrowly dodged its fourth partial government shutdown in a decade on Sunday, but the past week exposed the depths of political dysfunction in Washington…
Biden Signs Short-Term Funding Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown
Biden Signs Short-Term Funding Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown Kate Anderson on September 30, 2023 President Joe Biden signed a 45-day government funding bill into law late Saturday, narrowly avoiding the first…
Senate Passes Temporary Funding Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown
Senate Passes Temporary Funding Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown Kate Anderson on September 30, 2023 The Senate passed a short-term funding package on Saturday that was passed by a bipartisan vote in…
Dem Rep Who Pulled Fire Alarm Before House Vote Previously Warned ‘Catastrophic’ Shutdown Would Put Lives At Risk
Dem Rep Who Pulled Fire Alarm Before House Vote Previously Warned ‘Catastrophic’ Shutdown Would Put Lives At Risk Katelynn Richardson on September 30, 2023 Democratic New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who pulled…
‘I Don’t Want To Be Part Of That Team’: McCarthy Reacts To Republicans Who Opposed His Efforts To Avoid Gov Shutdown
‘I Don’t Want To Be Part Of That Team’: McCarthy Reacts To Republicans Who Opposed His Efforts To Avoid Gov Shutdown Katelynn Richardson on September 30, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized…
House Passes Short-Term Government Funding Bill Seeking To Avoid Shutdown
House Passes Short-Term Government Funding Bill Seeking To Avoid Shutdown Katelynn Richardson on September 30, 2023 The House of Representatives voted to pass a 45-day short-term spending bill Saturday, potentially staving off…
House Republicans Reject Stopgap Funding Bill, Paving Way for Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted down a temporary funding bill on Friday, increasing the likelihood of a partial federal government shutdown starting…
Factbox-US government shutdown: agriculture data hit
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The release of commodity market-sensitive reports released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other government agencies will be suspended if Congress fails to provide the government with…
Republican infighting defeats US House bill to avert shutdown
(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday rejected a Republican short-term spending measure aimed at averting a government shutdown, raising the odds that federal agencies will cease operations in just…
Biden to remain in Washington this weekend as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will remain in Washington over the weekend and the White House will remain in contact with congressional leaders as a government shutdown looms, White House…
Factbox-U.S. economic data set to be affected by a gov’t shutdown
(Reuters) – A partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government due to lack of appropriations could begin on Oct. 1 and would mean key agencies involved in the collection and publication of…
US poor face economic hit as shutdown, childcare cliff, student loans converge
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Lower income households and Black and Latino communities will be hit hard when a confluence of U.S. economic events kick off next week, including a sharp drop…
Government shutdown doesn’t halt, but hinders Pentagon work
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If the U.S. government shuts down as expected on Oct. 1, it will halt the payments of salaries across the Department of Defense, furlough hundreds of…
US government shutdown could delay news of Social Security increase
(Reuters) – One of the most highly anticipated announcements watched for each year by more than 70 million U.S. retirees and government benefits recipients could well be delayed by any federal government…
IMF says US government shutdown is ‘avoidable risk,’ urges parties to reach consensus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said a looming shutdown of the U.S. government posed an “avoidable risk” to the nation’s economy, and urged parties to reach consensus on…
Hardline shutdown push of the few frustrates US House Republicans
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small group of hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have set the federal government on a course towards its fourth partial shutdown in…
US government shutdown would hit 2,000 long-term disaster recovery projects -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House warned on Thursday a partial shutdown of the federal government that could occur this weekend would delay nearly 2,000 long-term disaster recovery projects. A budget standoff…
US government shutdown could add misery to air travel
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned on Wednesday that a partial government shutdown could disrupt air travel and said the government would need to furlough 1,000…
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