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House Democrats urge Speaker Johnson to call House back to pass emergency disaster funding
Over 60 House Democrats urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to call the House back into session and pass emergency disaster aid funding in the wake of hurricanes Helene and...
Florida GOP Rep. who voted against FEMA funding calls for aid before Milton
A Florida Republican who voted against a stopgap spending bill that recently replenished the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief fund has called for federal aid as Florida braces...
Johnson slams FEMA but acknowledges its funding to house migrants different from disaster response
House Speaker Mike Johnson slammed the Biden administration for the "massive failure" in its response to Hurricane Helene. Source link
G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation
SAO PAULO (AP) — Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil's proposal to establish...
Schools Face More Uncertainty as Pandemic-Era Funding Ends
States and school districts were required to obligate the funds by September 30, 2024, and spend the money by January 25, 2025. (States may seek a 14-month extension to...
Speaker Johnson vows no colossal year-end spending bill ahead of government funding vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson is again looking to avoid a massive end-of-year spending bill, but first Congress has to avert a partial government shutdown. Source link
Speaker Johnson pushes trimmed-down funding patch, eyes vote early this week
House Speaker Mike Johnson is again pushing for a vote on a funding patch to avoid a politically costly partial government shutdown, this time without election security legislation. ...
House, Senate preparing short-term government funding bill for likely vote next week
Lawmakers are getting closer to producing another short-term funding patch to avert a partial government shutdown, with just one working week left until the funding deadline of Oct. 1....
Aging, overworked and underfunded: NASA faces a dire future, according to experts
Aging infrastructure, short-term thinking, and ambitions that far outstrip its funding are just a few of the problems threatening the future of America’s vaunted civil space agency, according to...