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The White House announced on Saturday that President Joe Biden signed the funding bill, averting a partial government shutdown.”This agreement is a compromise and means both sides got everything they wanted,” Biden said in a statement. “But it rejects extreme cuts from House Republicans, expands access to child care, invests in cancer research, funds mental health and substance use care, and strengthens U.S. leadership abroad.” and provide resources to secure our borders, which my administration has successfully sought to include.”Biden renewed his call on Congress to pass a national security supplement that would provide U.S. aid to Israel, Ukraine and…

MIAMI — A former fighter pilot jailed in Venezuela in February for his affair with a prominent human rights lawyer is an employee of the U.S. oil company Chevron, The Associated Press has learned. The arrests coincide with other recent repressive actions by Nicolas Maduro's regime. There are tensions over the Biden administration's efforts to forge a path to free and fair elections in the South American country.Alejandro González was detained at around 10pm on February 9th when counterintelligence agents searched his home near Barcelona's eastern oil center. The only information his family had was a single statement accusing President…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate held a major bipartisan vote early Saturday to approve a $1.2 trillion spending package, which President Joe Biden signed into law despite missing the midnight deadline. We have sent a bill asking for this. The 74-24 vote ends the fiscal year 2024 government funding process that began Oct. 1, leaving lawmakers just about six months behind schedule. Congress passed six other bills in mid-March after relying on short-term spending measures to fill the gap. Senate approval took place just after 2 a.m. Saturday, creating a small funding gap that was not expected to have any…

President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion spending bill on September 30 that will cover more than half of the federal government through the end of the current budget year.Final passage in the Senate around 2 a.m. averted a partial government shutdown.The measures include pay increases for the military and increased border security spending.Does not include — aid to Israel or Ukraine.Lawmakers are expected to take up these two items in early April after a two-week recess.Egypt has announced that around 7,000 aid trucks are being refused entry to Gaza as the United Nations warns that famine is imminent.On the Egyptian…

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion spending package into law Saturday, with the bill rushing through a series of congressional votes with bipartisan support and reaching the president's desk just after 2 a.m. , ending the prospect of a government shutdown. If the bill is not signed by midnight Friday, the government could be shut down. But as the Senate vote passed that time, the White House issued a statement saying federal officials at the Office of Management and Budget had “ceased preparations for a shutdown” in anticipation of impending Senate passage and Biden's signature. ” he…

Hidden inside the huge Government financial aid package A provision signed by President Biden on Saturday bans the display of the LGBTQ pride flag over U.S. embassies. But even on the same day Biden signed the package, the White House vowed to work toward repealing the provision.The ban is one of many ancillary issues included in a massive $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September, which was announced early Saturday just after a midnight deadline. It was approved. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, a conservative Christian, is said to have touted a pride flag ban as a reason…

Lauren Steventon/Niner Times passing house Bill to ban TikTok TikTok hasn't been completely banned yet. However, the government's lack of attention to the more serious issues plaguing the country is frustrating and increases mistrust between the public and politicians.The bill to ban TikTok passed the House 352-65 on March 13 and now heads to the Senate. The hope is that the Senate understands how valuable TikTok is to small creators and businesses. Background of the ban For context, the House bill banning TikTok was passed following concerns from lawmakers that the app poses a danger. threat to national security. Lawmakers…

US President Joe Biden. Cash/UPI/Bloomberg (via Getty Images) President Joe Biden has signed a $1.2 trillion funding package that averts a partial shutdown and keeps the U.S. government open until September 30. The White House announced the signing on Saturday after the U.S. Senate approved the package early in the morning. This ended a partisan tug-of-war over the amendment, which had been characterized by repeated infighting within the Republican Party. As the midnight deadline loomed, Senate leaders blocked efforts by conservative Republicans to enact deep spending cuts and immigration restrictions. Biden praised the passage of the funding package, but urged…

WASHINGTON – After the House passed the bill on Friday, the Senate early Saturday passed a $1.2 trillion spending package to fund the government through September, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. Funding the government is perhaps Congress' most basic responsibility, but chaos in the Republican-controlled House delayed passage of the bill by nearly six months. For the Washington Democrat tasked with negotiating a spending deal as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, achieving a spending deal was by no means a sure thing. 'Would we have done this six months ago?' That's right,'' Sen. Patty Murray said Thursday in an…

usa news by John Levin issued March 23, 2024, 1:57 PM ET President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion funding package to keep the government open. “The bipartisan funding bill I just signed will keep government open, invest in the American people, and strengthen our economy and national security. It means we got everything we wanted,” the president said in a statement on Saturday. “But let me be clear: Congress’ work is not done yet. To advance our national security interests, the House must pass a bipartisan national security supplement. No,” Biden added. “And Congress must pass a bipartisan border security…