The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana is working with President Donald Trump to avert a government shutdown.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking to lock down the votes to pass his stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown by Friday’s deadline, as he works to keep the lights on in ...

Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a new government spending bill to avert a shutdown at midnight—with preliminary ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled a yearlong government funding extension that sweetens the deal for Republicans in ...

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

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a political minefield as he seeks to avoid a government shutdown in just 10 days, with ...

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

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

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 ...