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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

US shutdown

This image from U.S. Senate video shows the vote total, 88-9, on a temporary funding bill in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, Saturday, September 30, 2023. (Senate Television via AP)
October 1, 2023, 4:29 am
Shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
Rushed package drops aid to Ukraine but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion and will fund government until November 17
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES
Jamaal Bowman, the Democratic nominee for New York's 16th congressional district, smiles as he talks to the media on Nov. 3, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
October 1, 2023, 1:13 am
Democrat pulls fire alarm in House building amid vote on bill to prevent shutdown
Jamaal Bowman claims mistake, says he was trying to get through a door that is usually open as he rushed to get to votes
By Farnoush Amiri
US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, celebrates after meeting with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
October 1, 2023, 12:35 am
Last-gasp House drama moves US away from government shutdown
Democrats back Republican measure to keep federal funding for 45 days, but freeze imposed on Ukraine aid to appease GOP; Senate still needs to pass package, which it’ll likely do
By Maria Danilova
Illustrative: A sign reading 'Because of the Federal Government SHUTDOWN All National Parks are Closed' is posted on a barricade in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, October 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
September 30, 2023, 9:42 am
US on brink on government shutdown, funding chaos
Rightwing Republicans scupper temporary budget deal; shut down will see national parks closed, air traffic controllers asked to work without pay and endanger US support for Ukraine
By Beiyi Seow
US President Joe Biden points to a fan from the Republican dugout during the Congressional baseball game at Nationals Park Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 1, 2021, 1:55 am
With hours to spare, Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown
Law buys Congress time to craft measures to fund federal agencies, programs; if cap not raised by Oct. 18, the US probably will face financial crisis, treasury head warns
By KEVIN FREKING
US Senator Lindsey Graham arrives at the US Capitol for votes, September 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 30, 2021, 8:42 am
With Democrats split, US Senate set to vote on bid to avert government shutdown
Thursday vote kicks off critical days for Biden administration, with his party divided between centrists and leftists, GOP opposing any measures that enable massive spending bills
By Frankie TAGGART
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on February 15, 2019. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
February 16, 2019, 2:49 am
New US spending bill includes $200m increase in defense aid to Israel
Legislation signed by Trump to avoid second government shutdown includes $3.3b earmarked by Obama administration in 2016
By Eric Cortellessa
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in El Paso, Texas on February 11, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
February 14, 2019, 11:39 pm
Trump to declare national emergency to secure border wall funds
White House says US president will also sign spending bill to avoid another government shutdown; Pelosi slams declaration as ‘an end run around Congress’
By AFP
In this Jan. 22, 2019, photo, a new barrier is built along the Texas-Mexico border near downtown El Paso (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
February 12, 2019, 4:42 am
US lawmakers reach deal ‘in principle’ on border wall funding to avoid shutdown
Republicans said to tentatively agree to far less money for Trump’s border wall than the White House’s $5.7 billion wish list, settling for a figure of about $1.4 billion
By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram
With a flip phone in one hand, and a "no signal" sign in the other, Sen. Charles Schumer speaks about improving New Yorkers' cellphone service by tracking dead zones where calls are regularly dropped, in New York, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Julie Walker)
January 31, 2019, 2:39 am
Schumer wields leverage and a flip phone against Trump
Senate minority leader is playing his part in uniting the Democrats in their fight against the president; he ‘knows the minds and hearts of his colleagues,’ says one senator
By LISA MASCARO
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, January 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 25, 2019, 10:04 pm
Trump announces deal to end record-long US government shutdown
Under mounting pressure, president says he will sign a bill to reopen the government for three weeks while talks on border wall continue; Again invokes Israel’s ‘wall’
By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram and Catherine Lucey
Furloughed Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees and others leave the Barclays Center with bags of food as the Food Bank For NYC holds food distribution for federal workers impacted by the government shutdown in Brooklyn, New York January 22, 2019. ( TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
January 25, 2019, 3:48 am
Trump aides blasted as out of touch for dismissing shutdown suffering
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, worth some $700 million, sparks anger after saying he does not understand why furloughed federal workers are not just taking out loans
By Jonathan Lemire
File: Palestinian security forces in Hebron, November 14, 2017. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
January 24, 2019, 9:42 am
Israel said pushing US to amend law that threatens security coordination with PA
TV report says Washington shutdown raising obstacles, as White House scrambles to find solution to new anti-terror rules that will effectively strip Ramallah of security funds
By Michael Bachner
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, January 23, 2019, as he hosts a roundtable with conservative leaders to discuss the security and humanitarian crisis at the southern border. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
January 24, 2019, 8:18 am
Trump agrees to delay State of Union until after shutdown ends
After week-long standoff with House Speaker Pelosi, US president concedes there is no alternative venue that would do justice to annual speech
By KEVIN FREKING, Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey
US President Donald Trump speaks about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on January 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
January 20, 2019, 12:26 am
Trump offers protection to young migrants in exchange for border wall
In White House speech, US president calls proposal a ‘commonsense compromise both parties should embrace’; Pelosi says offer ‘not a good-faith effort’
By Jill Colvin and Catherine Lucey
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