Trump, in his formal campaign platform, called to redistribute workers out of the Washington area and implement large-scale ...

Congress sends Biden temporary funding bill to avert government shutdown Congress dodged a ... in time to avert a potentially devastating federal default as soon as next week.

A key hurdle for the new administration will likely be the reinstatement of the federal debt ceiling on Jan. 2, which was ...

WASHINGTON—The House and Senate passed a measure late Wednesday funding federal agencies until late December, voting overwhelmingly to take a politically risky government shutdown off the table ...

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal ... “Congress is now on a bipartisan path to avoid a government shutdown ...

Congress has agreed to fund the government ... During a government shutdown, "nonessential" federal employees are sent home and paid once the government reopens. "Essential" workers – those ...

The Senate vote was 78-18, again with no Democrats opposed ... avoiding an Oct. 1 shutdown that would have occurred if Congress did not work out an agreement on funding. House Republicans had ...

The looming government shutdown that ... is needed because Congress is nowhere close to completing work on the dozen annual appropriations bills that fund much of the federal government.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is expected ... bill that would keep federal agencies funded when the new fiscal year begins next Tuesday, avoiding a potential shutdown showdown just weeks before ...

Congress reached a funding deal Sunday that would avert a possible partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies for ... The effort had no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate ...

LAGOS — Universities across the country, especially those owned by the Federal Government, were yesterday shut down by non-academic ... of the government to pay them four months of their ...

WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday passed a temporary measure that keeps government agencies funded into December, avoiding a shutdown for now while punting final spending decisions until after ...