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After delay, Trump signs agreement with Biden White House to begin formal transition handoff

November 27, 2024 Biden, House, White, Signs, Delay, Trump, agreement, begin, formal, transition, after, handoff0 comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday reached a required agreement with President Joe Biden’s White House to allow his transition staff to coordinate with the existing federal workforce before taking office on Jan. 20. The congressionally mandated agreement allows transition aides to work with federal agencies and access non-public information and gives a green light to government workers to talk to the transition team. But Trump has declined to sign a separate agreement with the General Services Administration that would have given his team access to secure government…

Biden signs FISA extension, ending fight over warrantless spying — temporarily

April 21, 2024 Biden, Signs, Ending, spying, FISA, Extension, Temporarily, warrantless, Fight, Over0 comment

The intelligence community won a new expansion of snooping powers from Congress but opponents managed to cut the extension to just two years, meaning Capitol Hill will revisit the fight a lot sooner than the spy community had wanted. The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended government shutdown threat

March 24, 2024 Trillion, shutdown, funding, passage, Senate's, after, ended, Biden, $1.2, government, earlymorning, Threat, Signs, package0 comment

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $ 1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a statement. “But it rejects extreme cuts from House Republicans and expands access to child care, invests in cancer research, funds mental health and substance use care, advances American leadership abroad, and provides resources to secure the…

Top 42 Signs at 51st March for Life

January 20, 2024 Life, Signs, March, 51st0 comment

At the 51st annual March for Life Friday, thousands of pro-life organizations, churches, and individuals marched from the National Mall to the steps of the Supreme Court. Participants braved snow and bitter temperatures, joining in the second March for Life that has occurred since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. Here are the top 42 pro-life signs displayed. Choose Life 2. Life Is a Gift 3. This Barbie Is Pro-Life 4. Human With Great Potential 5. Have the Spine to Defend Human Kind 6. End the Greatest…

Biden signs Congress’ $1.7 trillion spending bill into law

December 24, 2022 Congress, Biden, spending, into, Bill, Signs, Trillion, $1.70 comment

President Biden on Friday signed into law Congress’ $ 1.7 trillion spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, praising the measure as a shining example of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden signs continuing resolution into law averting government shutdown, FDA furloughs

October 1, 2022 Biden, into, government, Signs, Resolution, shutdown, Furloughs, averting, continuing0 comment

President Joe Biden signed a short-term continuing resolution bill into law on Friday, averting a partial government shutdown. The House passed the bill earlier in the afternoon. The Senate passed the CR on Thursday after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) agreed to drop a provision in an earlier version of the CR that would streamline the permitting process for energy projects. The bill funds the federal government through Dec. 16 and gives Congress more time to work out a comprehensive spending package for the rest of fiscal 2023. The continuing resolution…