The centrist House Democrats who House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) may need to avert a government shutdown are lining up ...

Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to pass legislation to keep the government funded. Otherwise, a majority of federal employees will go without pay or be forced to stop working and most ...

A potential government shutdown creates a staring contest between Trump and Democrats - Analysis: House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer both face major tests, Eric Garcia ...

Democrats are looking to prevent President Donald Trump from “illegally withholding or diverting funding” appropriated in the ...

Centrist Democrats are keeping them guessing. Heading into Tuesday’s vote to fund the federal government, almost a dozen ...

Congressional Democrats may just surrender rather than risk catching blame for shutting down a government that Republicans ...

Congressional Republicans and President Trump are set to tee up a stopgap spending vote on Tuesday that would avert ...

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Republicans unveiled the new continuing resolution bill this weekend in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown Friday.

Republican leaders say they have a plan to avoid a government shutdown, but Democrats are opposed to the new spending bill ...

The path to averting a government shutdown at the end of the week remains murky in the Republican-controlled Congress.Speaker ...

Congress is again scrambling to pass a spending bill to temporarily fund the government, known as a continuing resolution, to ...