Senate Republicans are aiming to pass a rescissions package on a party-line vote, which Democrats say would upend the ...

Just four months after a progressive revolt jeopardized Schumer's leadership post, he may be headed down a similar path that ...

The stunning turn of events, when Congress appeared all but headed towards a government shutdown, happened after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy R-Calif., announced he would put a short-term stopgap ...

The Republican tax bill included $150 billion for defense, but the Pentagon has asked Congress for $1 trillion. The NDAA will ...

Republicans will need all hands on deck, and an assist from Senate Democrats, to avoid a government shutdown in October.

Now that the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is law, Congress is turning its attention to another matter: avoiding a government ...

WASHINGTON − Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill to avert a government shutdown that would have left thousands of federal employees furloughed just days before the winter holidays. The ...

A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass the necessary funding legislation for the federal government’s operations, or when the President refuses to sign such legislation into law.

A chaotic week on Capitol Hill yielded no serious progress as Congress stares down a spending deadline at the end of the month with lawmakers acknowledging a government shutdown is not only ...

Chart shows the timeline of the 14 US government shutdowns from 1981 to 2020, and the potential shutdown looming by Oct. 2023 if Congress fails to enact spending measure.

Government shutdown looms as Congress returns with just three weeks to avoid it Congress has little time to avoid a government shutdown that is set to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congress has one more week in session to avert a government shutdown The new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, five weeks before the Nov. 5 general election ...