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BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) – A bill that would ban public funds from paying for sex reassignment drugs and surgeries for adults and children in the state heads to Idaho Gov. Brad Little for final approval. Submitted. House Bill 668 would ban public funds from paying for gender reassignment drugs and surgeries. This applies to Idahoans covered by Medicaid and Idaho's state insurance plan, the Idaho Capital Sun previously reported. The Idaho Senate passed the bill on Friday with a near party-line vote. All seven Senate Democrats opposed it. Sen. Abby Lee (R-Fruitland) was the only Senate Republican to vote…

President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion spending package into law on Saturday, after the bill passed a series of hasty Congressional votes with bipartisan support and reached the president's desk just after 2 a.m. It ended the prospect of the agency shutting down.If the bill isn't signed by midnight Friday, the government would shut down, but as the Senate vote passed, federal officials at the Office of Management and Budget announced that a Preparations have been canceled.'' In anticipation of imminent Senate passage and signature by Biden.Biden said in a statement that the bill's approval is “good news for the…

Updated March 23, 2024, 1:23 p.m. EDTtop line After months of negotiations over government funding, President Joe Biden on Saturday provided funding through the remainder of the fiscal year while increasing defense spending and setting spending guidelines for several government agencies. Signed a $2.2 trillion spending bill. Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown.Getty Images important facts The package, approved by the Senate early Saturday morning, sets spending guidelines for the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services and states through the end of the fiscal year in September. Defense spending was increased to $824 billion, an…

Earlier today, after six months of wrangling and hardship, Congress finally passed a final spending package that funds the government for the current fiscal year and prevents a partial shutdown. Roughly 70% to 80% of government offices were headed for closure after midnight. The remaining 20% ​​was already approved in a $460 billion spending package earlier this month. Each fiscal year, Congress must approve 12 major expenditures to fund federal agencies. The 2023-24 academic year began on October 1st. The appropriations approved today include funding for the Departments of State, Justice, Defense, Commerce, and Labor, as well as the Department…

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…

MIAMI (AP) — 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. Other recent repressive acts by Nicolas Maduro's government is straining the Biden administration's efforts to pave the way for 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 Maduro's chief prosecutor of disclosing…

Former National Economic Council Director Lawrence Lawrence is photographed before President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden speak about the Task Force on Middle Class Working Families in the East Room of the White House on Friday, January 30, 2009 in Washington. Summers. (AP Photo/Charles Darapak)Copyright 2009 AP. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Many commentators, especially those defending President Biden's economic record, are puzzled as to why Americans are so dissatisfied with the state of the American economy. They rightly point out that unemployment is back to pre-pandemic lows and official…

The bill will be passed after hours of deadlock over funding for three-quarters of the government for the next six months.US senators passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill, narrowly avoiding a partial government shutdown. The House approved the bill by a vote of 74-24 on Saturday after three-quarters of the government's funding expired at midnight. But the White House issued a notice shortly after the deadline, announcing that the Office of Management and Budget had halted preparations for the shutdown because it had high confidence that Congress would pass the bill and the president would sign it on Saturday. Key…

The bill will be passed after hours of deadlock over funding for three-quarters of the government for the next six months.US senators passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill, narrowly avoiding a partial government shutdown. The House approved the bill by a vote of 74-24 on Saturday after three-quarters of the government's funding expired at midnight. But the White House issued a notice shortly after the deadline, announcing that the Office of Management and Budget had halted preparations for the shutdown because it had high confidence that Congress would pass the bill and the president would sign it on Saturday. Key…

The Senate early Saturday approved a $1.2 trillion spending bill to prevent a brief partial government shutdown and sent the bill to President Biden to sign.The bill would fund about three-quarters of the federal government for the next six months, while increasing military pay, eliminating U.S. funding to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, and increasing the U.S.-Mexico border. This will strengthen security.Although the passage came past the 12:01 a.m. deadline, meaning some federal funds have technically expired, the White House Budget Office said a vote was imminent and Biden expected to pass the bill later Saturday. He said he…