The term “shutdown” is also something of a misnomer. Lapses in funding are a bad way to do business, and they can delay ...

House Republicans are overwhelmingly dismissing former President Trump’s calls for a government shutdown in the absence of a ...

“Look, President Trump understands our dilemma,” he told reporters yesterday when asked if Trump wants a shutdown over ...

After all the buffoonery of the last year, Trump and his putative allies in the House have finally figured out how to ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has taken steps that will give the Senate the option to set up a vote next week on a ...

In Schumer's statement following the House's failed vote and several times during his floor speech, he labeled a potential ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will prepare stopgap spending bill that would avert a looming partial government ...

Party leaders are discussing a three-month deal that is expected to be amenable to Democrats.

Less than two weeks from a government shutdown and less than 50 days from the election, leaders from both parties say a ...

With just one week left in the session before Congress departs for a six-week election break, there’s not much time for ...

Andy Biggs and Eli Crane, two of Arizona's Republican congressmen, were key holdouts for a GOP-led funding plan as a ...

Rep. Jen Kiggans is introducing a bill aimed at protecting military service members' pay in the event of a partial government ...