Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...
Meanwhile, Republicans — who have forced Washington to the brink of shutdowns several times recently in pursuit of budget ...
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.
The whiplash from the shut-it-down to keep-it-alive posturing only fed the contempt that many Democrats were already ...
Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...
During a government shutdown, all government workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until a deal is reached to reopen the government. Essential workers are expected to keep working without pay ...
The House passed a measure to keep the government funded, but the shutdown threat is still present because the bill may lack ...
With thousands of federal workers either fired, placed on administrative leave, or at immediate risk of losing their jobs, ...