Normally, when it comes to keeping the government fully open for business, Republicans have had to work with Democrats to ...

The House could vote as early as today on a continuing resolution (C.R.) aimed at keeping the government open beyond Friday’s ...

Ron Brownstein said linking tax cuts for the wealthy to cuts in Medicaid funding may become a winning strategy for Democrats ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is aiming to pass a six-month funding extension with only Republican votes. The bill, which has been ...

The House is expected to vote on House Speaker Mike Johnson's short-term government funding bill ahead of a Friday deadline to avoid a shutdown.

House Republicans are hoping to vote Tuesday on a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 ...

In the House, Democrats can likely vote “no” without risking a shutdown since only a bare majority is needed to pass any bill. As of now, Johnson has a GOP-only path to passing the funding patch, ...

The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration as the House is expected to vote on a continuing resolution to ...

WASHINGTON - Americans are yet again bracing for a possible government shutdown. Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to ...

Senate Democrats are leery of blocking a House Republican-drafted six-month government funding bill, fearing that a government shutdown may backfire on them politically by giving Elon Musk and the ...

Before Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can dare Senate Democrats to reject a Republican-crafted bill to avert an end-of-week shutdown, he has to pull off a feat: keeping his fractious, razor-thin ...

Republican leaders say they have a plan to avoid a government shutdown, but Democrats are opposed to the new spending bill ...