Congress has come up with a spending package to avoid a government shutdown. If passed, the spending blueprint would fund the government for two years, taking another shutdown threat off the table prior to the 2018 elections. Following is the process ahead:
The Senate will vote today on a standalone defense funding bill, which will largely be a posturing vote for the record and is expected to fall short of passage. The Senate will then take up a continuing resolution, H.R. 1892, passed by the House on 6 February by a vote of 245 to 182, but it will amend that bill and replace the House passed language with the new two-year compromise package. Assuming Senate passage of the already agreed upon negotiated appropriations bill, the legisla...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
