President Biden signs stopgap funding bill into law, narrowly averting shutdown

The White House has announced that President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March and avoiding a shutdown. The bill includes $100 billion in disaster aid and a one-year farm bill. The Senate worked into early Saturday morning to pass the bill 85-11, just after the deadline […]

Bill Approved Giving Full Social Security to Public Sector Retirees

Senators voted 76-20 early Saturday to approve bipartisan legislation giving full Social Security benefits to more than 2.8 million public pension recipients who currently receive reduced-level payments, allowing them to collect benefits at the same levels as other retirees.