Congress Passes Short-Term Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson again turned to Democrats to supply the bulk of the votes to keep federal funding flowing through Dec. 20. Read More

Senate, House pass short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown

The U.S. House voted Wednesday to pass a short-term funding bill and avoid a government shutdown, after stripping a Donald Trump-backed requirement that Americans show proof of citizenship before ... Read More

House passes short-term bill to avoid government shutdown as lawmakers punt decisions on spending until after election

House passes short-term bill to avoid government shutdown as lawmakers punt decisions on spending until after election ... Read More

Congress passes temporary bill to avoid shutdown as lawmakers punt spending decisions to December

The House and Senate are expected to give approval to a bill that would fund the government into December and avoid a federal shutdown just weeks before the Nov. 5 election. Read More

Northwest lawmakers help Congress pass short-term spending bill, averting government shutdown

The House and Senate passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday to fund the government until just before Christmas, despite opposition from some Northwest Republicans to the short-term spending bill that ... Read More

House Defeats Johnson’s Spending Plan With Shutdown Looming

Both Republicans and Democrats opposed the stopgap funding bill ... term spending patch, free of the voting measure, that could pass both the House and Senate in time to prevent the shutdown ... Read More

House Republicans unveil bill to avert partial government shutdown, but Senate Democrats say it's nonstarter

House Republicans on Friday unveiled legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end ... immigration issue to the short-term spending bill, requiring states to obtain proof of ... Read More

Speaker Mike Johnson pulls vote on stopgap bill for short-term government funding

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he's pulling a planned vote for the afternoon on a short-term government funding bill ... ABC News. In floor remarks today welcoming the Senate ... Read More

Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP’s short-term spending bill as ‘unserious and unacceptable’

WASHINGTON — Calling it “unserious and unacceptable,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected on Monday a proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson that links continued government ... Read More

House Republican unveil bill to avoid shutdown. Senate Democrats say they're wasting precious time

Inclusion of the citizenship requirement is a nonstarter in the Senate, complicating prospects for the spending ... prevent a shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. “Today, House ... Read More

House Democratic leader rejects Republican spending bill as ‘unserious and unacceptable’

The response frames the spending battle to come over the next weeks as lawmakers work to reach consensus on a short-term spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1. Read More

Congress passes short term spending bill

“The American people can sleep easier knowing we have avoided an unnecessary government shutdown,” said Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Congress is celebrating after both the House and ... Read More