Congress faces a Dec. 20 deadline to avert a government shutdown and is expected to kick the funding fight til early 2025 ...

Key Takeaways Key deadlines for funding the U.S. government are approaching, and lawmakers in Congress are reportedly ...

Congress is back in Washington and lawmakers have a long to-do list before they adjourn for the year that includes avoiding a ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday indicated that bipartisan negotiations to avert the threat of a ...

Congress returns this week from a Thanksgiving recess with a number of priorities to get through before the end of the year.

Government-shutdown drama has been a regular tradition. But this year, Republicans are happy to wait until they control ...

The Democratic-led U.S. Senate returned on Monday for a showdown with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over ...

During a shutdown, essential government employees work unpaid until Congress reaches a resolution. That would include air ...

If Congress does not pass some form of stopgap bill or appropriations package prior to Dec. 20, the government will enter into a partial shutdown until they do so. Julia Johnson is a politics ...

With Republicans on the cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend the deadline for a government shutdown well past President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

With the government shut down and veering drunkenly toward a fiscal disaster, Americans aren't impressed with their representatives in Congress. In a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, a full 60 ...

“With just days left before an Extreme Republican Shutdown, and after shutting down Congress for three weeks after they ousted their own leader, House Republicans are wasting precious time with ...