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Senate approves U.S. budget bill, ends shutdown threat

November 3, 2021 at 7:55 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's battles over government funding ended with a whimper on Thursday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill that quells for nearly nine months...

Senate approves U.S. budget bill, ends shutdown threat

May 23, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's battles over government funding ended with a whimper on Thursday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill that quells for nearly nine months...

Senate passes budget deal, focus shifts to spending

May 23, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate passed a two-year budget deal on Wednesday to ease automatic spending cuts and reduce the risk of a government shutdown, but fights were already...

Analysis: Despite budget deal, atmosphere at U.S. Capitol remains toxic

May 23, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anyone expecting a new era of good feeling to break out on Capitol Hill in the wake of this week's bipartisan budget deal should probably forget about...

U.S. budget negotiators seek two-year funding deal: congressman

August 24, 2021 at 5:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. budget talks are aiming for a two-year deal that would end divisive fiscal showdowns that have plagued Congress since 2011, while also easing the severe across-the-board...

U.S. budget negotiators seek two-year funding deal: congressman

May 23, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. budget talks are aiming for a two-year deal that would end divisive fiscal showdowns that have plagued Congress since 2011, while also easing the severe across-the-board...

U.S. Republicans voice little appetite for new shutdown fight

August 24, 2021 at 5:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican conservatives who took a hard line in the fight over October's government shutdown are voicing little appetite for another standoff over an approaching January 15...

U.S. Republicans voice little appetite for new shutdown fight

May 23, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican conservatives who took a hard line in the fight over October's government shutdown are voicing little appetite for another standoff over an approaching January 15...

Paul Ryan wants narrower focus for new budget talks

August 24, 2021 at 4:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new round of U.S. budget negotiations starting next week should focus more narrowly on replacing automatic spending cuts rather than an elusive "grand bargain," House Budget...

Paul Ryan wants narrower focus for new budget talks

May 23, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new round of U.S. budget negotiations starting next week should focus more narrowly on replacing automatic spending cuts rather than an elusive "grand bargain," House Budget...

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