House Republicans overcame their paper-thin majority yesterday evening and passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal ...

Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.

The department sent an email to employees Tuesday telling them its Washington headquarters and regional offices would be ...

Lawmakers are battling time as they seek to pass legislation that will fund the government and avert a possible shutdown set ...

WASHINGTON - Americans are yet again bracing for a possible government shutdown. Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to ...

House Republicans advanced a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in ...

Trump needs Senate Democrats’ votes, but they are still weighing whether to use this rare point of leverage and risk taking blame for a shutdown.

By design, budget reconciliation mostly addresses the parts of federal spending that are not part of the appropriations ...

The vote sets up a showdown in the Senate over a bill Democrats criticize as giving more power to President Trump and Elon ...

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Congress now has less than a week to pass a bill that will keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown in the heart of ...

Republicans face a March 14 deadline to keep the government funded, and are facing pressure to do so without any support from ...