Federal Budget (US) – Page 69

Lawmakers Propose Measure to Avert Government Shutdown This Week

The package would also provide major new aid to Ukraine, but its fate in an initial Senate vote on Tuesday is uncertain.

The continuing quest for a conservative policy reformation, and its continuing problems.

The request to Congress comes as lawmakers face a Sept. 30 deadline to finish annual funding bills for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1.

Liberals and more moderate Democrats are arguing over the impact on inflation, the federal budget deficit and high earners.

Updated Covid vaccines, expected soon after Labor Day, were designed to thwart Omicron variants. But money to distribute them has dried up.