Latest Government budgets News
McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain. McCarthy’s right-flank...
Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts down
PHOENIX (AP) — Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday. The stance is a reversal from five years ago, when the Trump...
Looming shutdown rattles families who rely on Head Start program for disadvantaged children
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools. ...
McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running despite House Republicans' struggle to unite around an alternative. ...
The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here's how it's spiraling into a shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over matters large and small. McCarthy has pushed the Republican conference to embrace a short-term...
Gov. Burgum and North Dakota Republicans are rushing to fix a major budget bill struck down by court
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Funding for major parts of North Dakota's government is in jeopardy after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Republican-controlled Legislature stuffed a key budget bill full of too many different subjects, violating the state Constitution. That...
Ending reign as speaker, North Carolina Rep. Tim Moore won't run for House seat in '24, either
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, who's already said that his record fifth two-year term leading the chamber would be his last, confirmed Thursday that he won't run for reelection to his House seat in 2024, either. The Cleveland County Republican was...
House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the...
Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday celebration moved to Saturday to avoid federal shutdown threat
ATLANTA (AP) — The Jimmy Carter Library & Museum is moving up festivities for the former president’s 99th birthday because of the threat of a partial federal government shutdown. Events originally scheduled for Sunday, Carter’s birthday, will now be held Saturday on the...
Editorial Roundup: North Carolina
Charlotte Observer/Raleigh News and Observer. September 23, 2023. Editorial: The 5 worst policy changes in the NC budget, from bad to really bad North Carolina lawmakers finally appear poised to pass a state budget. The 625-page, $30 billion spending plan was released...
