The final government spending package to avoid a partial shutdown later this week ran into some…
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‘Difficult’ talks to avoid shutdown hit snags in Congress over immigration and UNRWA
Senators say they are concerned that a bicameral dispute over the appropriations bill funding the Department…
Do rules vote losses mean GOP has lost control of House?
Political opponents of former House Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay nicknamed the Texan “The Hammer” as…
House passes first appropriations bills ahead of shutdown deadline
The House passed the first half of its annual appropriations bills on Wednesday, marking the first…
Congress unveils first appropriations package ahead of looming shutdown deadline
Congress unveiled its first appropriations package on Sunday, teeing the legislation up for a vote sometime…
Biden signs government shutdown bill with next deadline just one week away
President Joe Biden Friday signed a bill into law averting the threat of another government shutdown…
Senate delays shutdown threat for a week with passage of stopgap legislation
The Senate gave itself another week to pass a spate of spending bills set to expire…
House passes stopgap spending measure in first step to avoid government shutdown
The House overwhelmingly passed its latest temporary spending measure to avoid a scheduled government shutdown over…
Speaker Johnson’s strategy to avoid a government shutdown under scrutiny by GOP colleagues
House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s move to advance a two-part continuing resolution on Thursday drew mixed reviews…
Congressional leaders reach short-term deal to avoid government shutdown
Congressional leaders in the House and Senate have reached a deal on a spate of appropriations…
Senate Republicans skeptical that Johnson can rally House GOP to avert shutdown
Senate Republicans are expressing concern that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) won’t be able to keep…
Democratic leaders ‘hopeful’ for Ukraine funding after meeting with Biden
Congressional leaders left their meeting with President Joe Biden cautiously optimistic that a government shutdown would…
WATCH LIVE: White House holds briefing after Biden meets with congressional leaders
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is taking questions from the media after President Joe Biden…
Biden says there’s ‘work to do’ in meeting to avert government shutdown
President Joe Biden met with the top four leaders in Congress on Tuesday as a government…
What options do House Republicans have to avoid a government shutdown?
House Republicans are stuck between a rock and a hard place as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)…
Schumer and McConnell issue urgent warnings against potential weekend government shutdown
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took to the Senate…
Three reasons an all-hands-on-deck meeting with Biden might not be enough to stop a government shutdown
President Joe Biden called a meeting with congressional leaders Tuesday to discuss a path forward as…
Speaker Johnson quarrels with Democrats despite needing them to avoid government shutdown
Lawmakers are set to return to Capitol Hill this week with a growing to-do list and…
Patrick McHenry says GOP needs Speaker Johnson to ‘be better’ as shutdown looms
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) believes Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has to “be better” in order for…
Johnson tells members that GOP chaos has undermined his negotiation power in funding debate
House Republicans will spend the weekend attempting to reach a consensus on a budget deal with…