Senate rejects both parties' bills to avoid a shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

Democrats in the Senate rejected a House GOP proposal to keep funds flowing through Nov. 21, while Republicans scuttled a competing Democratic bill with health care provisions. Read More

House Speaker Johnson optimistic about vote to avert shutdown, but Democrats aren't

House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed cautious optimism Thursday that Republicans will pass their 52-day continuing resolution on Friday -- a week ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government. Read More

House passes GOP funding bill in 217-212 vote, teeing up shutdown fight in Senate

The House on Friday passed a Republican measure to keep the government funded until Nov. 21, teeing up a fight in the Senate. Read More

Live updates: House poised to vote on stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson is ready to bring a continuing resolution (CR) to avert a shutdown to the House floor on Friday, before the chamber leaves for a recess that stretches beyond the Oct. 1 ... Read More

Democrats release competing funding bill as tensions over looming shutdown grow

The Democratic bill would fund the government until Oct. 31, extend health care funding and roll back Medicaid cuts from Trump's "big, beautiful" law, among other provisions. Read More

Democrats stake out opposition to spending bill, raising threat of a shutdown

Democratic leaders are lashing out at a stop-gap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month. Read More

'House GOP at risk': 2 Republicans won't back Johnson's bill as Trump urges party unity

House Republicans are facing an obstacle this week: two of their own are refusing to support Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) proposal for a clean continuing resolution (CR) that would keep the ... Read More

Democrats Oppose Stopgap Bill, Raising Odds of a Shutdown

The chances of a government shutdown rose on Tuesday after top Democrats in Congress said they opposed Republicans’ stopgap plan to fund the government past a Sept. 30 deadline. Their opposition ... Read More

Johnson Releases Spending Bill, Daring Democrats to Oppose It

The speaker put forward a stopgap bill to fund the government past Sept. 30, saying there was “zero chance” he would add concessions Democrats have demanded. Read More

Democrats say shutdown necessary to send ‘message’ to Trump

Democratic senators say that unless Republicans scrap their plan to advance a “clean” seven-week continuing resolution, they don’t see any option other than defeating it as a way to send a ... Read More