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PublishedMarch 14, 2025
King and Collins vote to fund government as Senate averts shutdown
In the end, enough Democratic senators decided a shutdown would be worse than the Republican plan and backed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's strategy to allow the bill to advance.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2025
Maine’s federal delegation could play role in Republican effort to avoid a shutdown
If Congress doesn't pass a stopgap spending bill by midnight Friday, the federal government will shut down nonessential services.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2024
House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before shutdown deadline
The bill was approved 366-34 and now goes to the Senate, for expected quick passage.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2024
Government shutdown looms as House rejects Trump-backed plan
The cobbled-together plan required a two-thirds threshold for passage, but was defeated resoundingly, getting rejected on a 235-174 vote.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2024
Here’s how a federal shutdown could affect Maine
Congress faces a Friday night deadline to pass a spending bill after the House rejected President-elect Donald Trump's plan to fund operations and suspend the debt ceiling.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2024
Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
The president-elect's proposal combined continuation of government funds with a much more controversial provision to raise the nation's debt limit.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2024
Congress sends temporary bill to avoid shutdown to Biden’s desk
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., billed the measure as doing 'only what's absolutely necessary.'
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2024
Congress reaches deal to avert government shutdown through December
With the election just weeks away, few lawmakers in either party had any appetite for the brinksmanship that often leads to a shutdown.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2024
House rejects government funding bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters
Lawmakers are not close to completing work on the dozen annual appropriations bills that will fund federal agencies during the next fiscal year, so they’ll need to approve a stopgap measure to prevent a partial shutdown.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown
The latest package was clearly unpopular with most Republicans, who viewed it as containing too few of their policy priorities and as spending too much.
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