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Aug 09 2023
News
DelDOT ready to spend $17.5 million in federal funding for electric vehicle charging stations.
Delaware’s Department of Transportation has $17.5 million to spend over the next five years to install more electric vehicle charging stations. The funding is part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure plan in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The goal is to find and fund half a million new charging stations along major travel routes across the country. DelDOT’s Director of
Delaware Public Media
Sep 29 2023
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Shutdown Looms As Spending Bill Collapses: How FL Could Be Impacted
Hard-right holdouts rejected a possible spending package, making a federal government shutdown a near certainty, The Associated Press reported Friday. The White House and Democrats rejected the GOP approach, with the package failing by a vote of 198-232. The Democrats voted against it, along with 21 hard-right Republicans. As Patch previously reported, some agencies would be exempt from a shut
Patch.com
Sep 18 2023
Analysis
Another doomed GOP spending plan collapses
After working through the weekend to bridge differences between their centrist and conservative wings, House Republican leaders announced last night that they had a deal that could unite the GOP behind a short-term spending patch and shore up their negotiating position with Democrats ahead of a potential Oct. 1 shutdown.
For a minute, it seemed like a déjà vu moment — another tactical
Politico
Sep 29 2023
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Congress stares down government shutdown as lawmakers fail to advance spending bills
The federal government is set to shut down just after midnight on Oct. 1, and lawmakers aren’t anywhere closer to renewing its funding for the next fiscal year, making a shutdown this weekend all the more likely. The House on Friday shot down a GOP-led stopgap measure to fund the government temporarily, leaving the lower chamber at a standstill while they consider options to keep the lights on
Washington Examiner
Sep 27 2023
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House Breaks Logjam, Will Vote on Spending Bills this Week
The House of Representatives finally overcame a procedural hurdle Tuesday night to allow votes on spending bills after defeating a similar motion twice last week.
The vote clears a path for a vote on an agriculture appropriations bill that was yanked from the floor before the August recess after a handful of Republicans indicated they would block it.
The affirmative vote is a
Breitbart News
Sep 21 2023
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Oregon auditors identify millions in questionable spending at state agencies
Oregon Secretary of State auditors unearthed millions of misappropriated dollars and a lack of oversight and accountability in four state agencies, according to an audit released Wednesday. In all, state auditors flagged $35.2 million of questionable spending within the Oregon Department of Human Services, Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Housing and Community Services and Higher Education
The Oregonian
Sep 27 2023
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Biden uses DeSantis’s debate comments to knock Trump on spending
President Biden used Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s comments during the second Republican presidential debate to knock former President Trump’s spending record. During Wednesday night’s debate, DeSantis took aim at Trump’s spending policies, arguing that the former president should have attended the debate to defend his record. “[Trump] should be on this
The Hill
Sep 29 2023
News
Federal Funding Bill Collapses, Shutdown Looms: Impact On Connecticut
Hard-right holdouts rejected a possible spending package, making a federal government shutdown a near certainty, The Associated Press reported Friday. The White House and Democrats rejected the GOP approach, with the package failing by a vote of 198-232. The Democrats voted against it, along with 21 Republicans. As Patch previously reported, some agencies would be exempt from a shut-down at
Patch.com
Sep 29 2023
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House shoots down stopgap spending measure, making weekend shutdown more likely
The House shot down a stopgap spending measure that would temporarily fund the government for 31 days, leaving the lower chamber without a viable proposal to begin negotiations with the Senate less than 48 hours before federal funding is set to lapse.
Lawmakers voted 198-232 to advance the $1.471 trillion legislation, falling short of the majority vote needed to send the bill over to
Washington Examiner
May 23 2023
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Debt ceiling talks still stuck on federal spending levels
WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that bipartisan negotiators are not close to a deal but added that there was still time left to avert a potentially catastrophic default on the nation’s debt obligations by next week’s deadline. “We’re not there yet,” McCarthy told reporters after huddling behind closed doors with rank-and-file House Republicans, adding that the two sides could
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