It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that he will act later in the day to advance a bipartisan ...

The U.S. Senate will prepare temporary spending legislation that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the ...

Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, although leaders in ...

On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) brought up a vote to pair a continuing resolution, a government funding bill ...

is warning colleagues that it would be “politically beyond stupid” for Congress to stumble into a government shutdown a few weeks before Election Day, saying Republicans would “certainly ...

making a short-term measure necessary to avoid a government shutdown. The plan is House Republican leadership's opening salvo in the funding fight — a continuing resolution to keep the ...

It comes as Congress is barreling toward an Oct. 1 partial government shutdown deadline with no agreement between Republicans and Democrats on federal spending in the next fiscal year. Rep.

GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and told the press that he would do whatever it takes to avoid a government shutdown, arguing that “It would be ...

House Republicans torpedoed Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal to fund the government on Wednesday, forcing the Senate to act ...

“Why shouldn’t we be trying to force this government shutdown fight to get something out of it that’s good for the American people?” he said. “Like, why have a government if it’s not a ...

a government shutdown occurs. Approval and signature must occur before the start of the new fiscal year, which begins each year on Oct. 1. If Congress does not pass the legislation, the Treasury ...