Over $15 billion in earmarked funding won't be spent this year. It's vulnerable Republicans and their districts who stand to ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

In the case of a government shutdown, those workers are put on leave because there isn't money budgeted for their job. The good news is that furloughed employees who are not allowed to work or who do ...

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is ...

N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they will oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR ...

Well, the Senate's Republican majority needs support from several Democrats to overcome *** key procedural hurdle that will allow them to prevent *** possible government shutdown before Friday's ...

Washington — Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a struggle ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made the tough decision to break with Democrats and pass ...

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...