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Government Shutdown Averted as Senate Passes Stopgap Spending Bill
The U.S. Capitol on a December morning. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg News)
The Senate passed a one-week government spending bill and President Donald Trump signed it Dec. 11, averting a government shutdown.
December 11, 2020Trucking Company New York Express and Logistics to Close
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York Express and Logistics is shutting down and laying off its 107 employees after losing a major contract.
January 9, 2020GDS Express of Akron, Ohio, Closes Abruptly
Akron, Ohio, carrier GDS Express was founded in 1990. (GDS Express via YouTube)
AKRON, Ohio — GDS Express Inc., which has 75 tractor-trailers, abruptly closed a week before Christmas, leaving several drivers out on the road without paychecks or credit for fuel.
December 23, 2019Democrats, GOP Reach Deal to Avert Government Shutdown
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Lawmakers from the House and Senate have reached a bipartisan deal to fund the government before the Dec. 20 spending deadline, according to Nita Lowey, the New York Democrat who chairs the House Appropriations Committee.
December 13, 20192019 Trucking Company Closures So Far Have Doubled All of 2018
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More trucking firms have shut down during the first six months of 2019 than in all of 2018, a result of a softer freight market and the broader effects of tariffs on imported goods, a freight market expert said.
September 5, 2019HVH Transportation of Denver Closes
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Denver-based truckload carrier HVH Transportation Inc. closed its doors on Aug. 27 after a string of financial setbacks, company officials and drivers told Transport Topics.
August 28, 2019Zero Growth This Quarter Possible With Shutdown, White House Says
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White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett said that if the partial government shutdown extends through March, there’s a chance of zero economic expansion this quarter, though “humongous” growth would follow once federal agencies reopen.
January 23, 2019Hours-Long Shutdown Ends With Budget Accord as Trump Signs Off
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President Donald Trump signed a two-year budget agreement that will boost federal spending by almost $300 billion and suspend the debt ceiling for a year, ending a brief partial government shutdown that began at midnight when lawmakers missed a funding deadline.
February 9, 2018Democrats Pull Out of Trump Meeting After He Says Deal to Avoid Shutdown Is Unlikely
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The top two Democratic leaders in Congress pulled out of a meeting with President Donald Trump Nov. 28 after he tweeted that a budget deal with them was unlikely, raising the odds that the U.S. government will partially shut down next week.
November 28, 2017Federal Government Shutdown Ends After 16 Days
President Obama signed a bill into law early Oct. 17 to provide funding for the federal government for three months and increase the nation’s debt limit to a level that will last four months, ending the 16-day government shutdown.
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