Tag: shutdown

February 1, 2019

U.S. hiring in January topped all forecasts while wage gains cooled and the government shutdown pushed up the unemployment rate, signaling job gains remain robust without major inflation pressures that would worry Federal Reserve officials. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 304,000, […]

January 28, 2019

Some Senators have introduced legislation to prevent future shutdowns. They’d better hurry because another may be here in less than three weeks, once again thanks to border security disputes and reports that President Trump won’t agree to anything that Congress […]

January 15, 2019

I wish I were shocked by the ongoing shutdown of the federal government. I wish I were surprised by the inability of both sides to see past their political bases to achieve a responsible solution and compromise. After recently serving […]

January 10, 2019

President Donald Trump denied slamming a table and storming out of shutdown negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, accusing Schumer of fabricating the account. Schumer “told his favorite lie when he used his standard […]

January 8, 2019

The partial government shutdown tied the second longest in history on Tuesday, entering its 18th day with little signs of progress. The continued closure of nine government agencies adds a new sense of urgency to the situation as negotiations seem […]

January 7, 2019

President Donald Trump said he was prepared to continue the partial government shutdown for “months or even years” — and as the closure drags into its third week, he’s getting closer to making good on that threat. The ongoing stalemate […]

December 24, 2018

A partial government shutdown entered its third day Monday, with little hope of a quick resolution as lawmakers left town for the holidays. Congress and the White House have failed to break an impasse over President Donald Trump’s demand for […]

February 9, 2018

President Donald Trump signed a major budget plan into law Friday, ending the year’s second government shutdown hours after it started. Both chambers of Congress passed a short-term funding bill in the wee hours of Friday and cleared the way […]

January 23, 2018

A midday procedural vote in the Senate cleared the way for a temporary spending bill to reopen the federal government. The Senate voted overwhelmingly to end debate and move to pass a three-week continuing resolution, which would fund the federal […]

January 19, 2018

The House of Representatives passed a funding bill to keep the government open for another month in the evening of Jan. 18, but the measure is likely to face stiff Democratic opposition in the Senate. The government shuts down without […]

November 29, 2017

A government shutdown come Dec. 8 appears more likely, thanks to an apparent standoff between President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders whose votes are needed in Congress to pass an appropriation. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority […]

June 20, 2017

Alaska’s newly-consolidated Office of Information Technology could face its first true test this summer if the state government can’t agree on an operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year by July 1. The budget standoff in the Alaskan legislature has […]

May 9, 2017

Washington, D.C., is “broken,” according to President Donald Trump’s budget director, and maybe a government shutdown can help fix it. Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, is standing by remarks justifying and explaining a presidential tweet […]

May 4, 2017

The House of Representatives is set to vote May 3 on a bipartisan funding bill to keep the government open through the end of fiscal year 2017. That bill is expected to pass easily and be signed into law by […]

May 2, 2017

After flirting with another shutdown, lawmakers agreed on a bipartisan $1 trillion spending bill to fund the federal government through September. The bill punts some of the big political footballs to the fiscal 2018 budget, including funding for a planned […]

April 26, 2017

The president blinked. Donald Trump wants his border wall funded, but he apparently wants to keep the government open on his 100th day in office a little bit more. Facing the prospect of a government shutdown in four days, the […]

June 30, 2015

The Office of Personnel Management has suspended operation of the Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (E-QIP) system, the web gateway used to submit materials for background investigations. The agency announced the move today, citing the discovery of a vulnerability in […]