By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...

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House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as ...

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The White House has announced that President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law on Saturday, extending government ...

Lawmakers are having their say after President Biden signed a stopgap bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding ...

The deal funds the government at current levels through March 14 and provides $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in ...

The Senate passed the measure and sent it to President Biden’s desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse ...

Hours to go before a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan from Speaker Mike ...