What happens to federal employees in a government shutdown? It depends. | Opinion
There are 12 appropriations bills that must pass each year and since members of Congress are sharply divided, this is ...
Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in government shutdown fight
Congress revoked an additional $20 billion from the Internal Revenue Service last week when lawmakers averted a government ...
Fact Check: US Troops (Usually) Don't Get Paid During a Government Shutdown, But Congress Does
However, Congress has passed legislation to pay service members during specific government shutdowns in the past.
US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown
By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...
Fact-check: Past government shutdowns cost the U.S. economy billions
Government offices and economic analysts found that previous full and partial government shutdowns cost the U.S. multiple ...
Biden signs bill to fund government after standoff and threat of holiday shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump and multibillionaire Elon Musk had sunk an earlier bipartisan deal, only to see their preferred ...
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Shattered ‘efficiency’ dreams: Musk could save $2 trillion just by undoing previous reforms
Despite the threat of government shutdowns, the government never actually shuts down, but instead creates more government jobs and wastes more money through the increased bureaucracy required to ...
The Gazette5d
Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump's debt limit demands
Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would ...
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Contractors breathe a sigh of relief at budget deal
Federal contractors, who never expected Congress to get a full-year appropriation done last week, were pleased about the ...
Mises Institute5d
The Gov’t Shutdown: Don’t Fall for the Washington Monument Syndrome
Instead of fearing another government shutdown Americans should be hoping and praying for one – and not just a five weeker.
The spending bill that averted a shutdown shrank from more than 1,500 pages to just 100—here’s what was cut
The spending bill that cleared Congress didn’t include pharmacy benefit manager reforms, a pay raise for lawmakers, and a ...