The deadline for a potential government shutdown is September 30 if lawmakers fail to agree on a budget. However, the chance ...

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 ...

Congress is heading toward a potential government shutdown, less than two months before the election, over a made-up issue. Donald Trump and the GOP falsely assert that non-citizens voting could ...

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 ...

inability to muster the votes to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, and are warning they will take matters into their own hands if the House fails to act by Thursday. GOP ...

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.

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 ...

Current funding expires Sept. 30, and without an extension, most federal government operations would shut down Oct. 1 as millions of voters are already beginning early voting ahead of the election. " ...

In a dear colleague letter released Sunday, Schumer said the Senate would seek to avert “a pointless and painful government shutdown” as lawmakers complete what’s scheduled to be their final ...