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The House passed a government spending bill Friday evening to avoid a government shutdown set to ensue at midnight, but now the clock is ticking for the Senate and President Joe Biden. The ...

President Biden signed the resolution Saturday morning, hours after the U.S. Senate voted 85 to 11 early Saturday morning to pass the funding bill Despite missing the midnight deadline for President ...

WASHINGTON - House Republicans passed an $895.2 billion defense policy bill on Wednesday that includes a contentious provision to ban certain types of medical care for transgender children of ...

The House rejected President-elect Donald ... had reached earlier to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown. The bill failed by a vote of 174-235. File: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) speaks ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan ... let the closures “start now.” The bill was approved 366-34, and now goes to the Senate ...

Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, right, said Thursday they plan to refile a bill to restrict use of virtual school days ... but failed to get a hearing on the House floor. One of the bill’s authors ...

Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, right, said Thursday they plan to refile a bill to restrict use of virtual school days. (Photo by Kyle Phillips/For Oklahoma ... Last session’s version, Senate Bill 1768, ...