Donald Trump just convinced dozens of Republican hardliners to do what House speakers from John Boehner to Kevin McCarthy ...

Senate Democrats are split on backing a bill to avoid a government shutdown. New today: The GOP needs eight Democratic ...

With a shutdown deadline approaching, Democrats want a continuing resolution to extend government funding through April 11.

President Donald Trump imposed a sweeping 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States on Wednesday, ...

House Republicans passed a stopgap bill to keep government funding at current levels until September. Now the measure heads ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to ...

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The ...

Let the Republicans fund the government or shut it down. Democrats should stand back and let them own whatever comes next.

Government shutdowns occur when the federal government stops all or some of its operations because of a funding gap.

Now with the text out, the current plan puts the entire timeline – having lawmakers read the text, advancing it to the Rules ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold a vote on the continuing resolution (CR) Tuesday ahead of Friday's deadline to avoid a ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a Tuesday vote in the House for a stopgap funding bill, but the path to passage in both ...