GOP effort to tie government funding to voter security bill fails on House floor
House Republicans’ first effort to keep the government open ahead of a shutdown deadline on September 30 failed on the House floor today, with a handful
House votes to reject GOP bill to avert government shutdown
The House rejected a GOP effort to avert a government shutdown. Lawmakers have until Sept. 30 to extend government funding.
House rejects GOP plan to extend government funding, sending Johnson back to drawing board
The legislation, which would fund the government for about six months and require proof of citizenship to register to vote, fell short.
House votes down Speaker Johnson's funding plan as shutdown deadline approaches
The House on Wednesday voted down Speaker Mike Johnson's government funding plan with 14 Republicans voting against it and two others voting present. The measure failed by a 202-222-2 margin. Three Democrats voted for the bill.
House Republicans reject their own funding bill with a shutdown around the corner
House Republicans are expected to derail their own plan to avert a government shutdown, which they've tied to a Donald Trump-backed bill on noncitizen voting.
House rejects temporary funding bill to avoid government shutdown
Next steps on government funding are uncertain. 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 when that budget year begins Oct.
House Defeats Johnson’s Spending Plan With Shutdown Looming
Both Republicans and Democrats opposed the stopgap funding bill, which was tied to new rules requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.
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NJ Dem House candidate Sue Altman flip-flops on police and public safety in resurfaced social media posts
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Atlantic City mayor, wife, city's public schools chief, indicted for allegedly beating teen daughter
Prosecutors alleged that in January the mayor hit his daughter multiple times in the head with a broom, causing her to lose ...
U.S. government to give out free COVID-19 tests. Here's how to order yours
The federal government will again provide free COVID-19 test kits to U.S. residents beginning next week. Here is how to get one.
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New Jersey’s Sixers shot blocked as Philly mayor backs project
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced an agreement to "ensure that our Sixers are staying home," on social media ...
New Jersey voters are set to pick a successor to late congressman in special election
Voters in northern New Jersey are set to settle a special U.S. House election to fill the seat that opened when Rep. Donald ...
New Jersey's OceanFirst Bank settles US redlining charges
New Jersey's OceanFirst Bank will pay $15.1 million, including at least $14 million to fund a loan subsidy fund, to settle a ...
New Jersey nonprofit empowering Hispanic women for 29 years
For 29 years the local non-profit organization 100 Hispanic Women has been empowering Latinas to be innovative and to ...
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New Jersey Initiative Addresses Food Insecurity and Food Waste
The Meal Recovery Coalition (MRC), a groundbreaking coalition across the private and nonprofit sectors, officially launched ...
New Jersey's affordable housing policy needs a complete revamping
It is not necessary to destroy acres and acres of land to put up new housing aimed at “affordable housing,” which is still ...
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NJ Transit nears hiring new customer advocate, a position vacant since 2020
NJ Transit is close to hiring a customer advocate to fill an oversight post that has been vacant for nearly four years, one of the agency’s board members said Wednesday.