House Passes Bill to Avert Shutdown, Set to Stall in Senate

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, is seen at US Capitol on Sept. 17, 2025. Johnson corralled Republicans to pass a measure to avert a shutdown. Credit - Graeme Sloan—Bloomberg ... Read More

US House passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown, sends to Senate

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a stopgap government funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown beginning October 1, sending it on to the Senate for ... Read More

House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, but prospects in the Senate look dim

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Friday passed a short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, but prospects looked dimmer in ... Read More

Congress votes to avert shutdown, setting up chaotic funding fight in December

Washington (CNN) — Congress set up a chaotic, high-stakes fight over spending at the end of the year, after both chambers voted on Wednesday to avert a government shutdown. CNN — Washington (CNN) — ... Read More

US Congress returns today with less than a month to avert a government shutdown

The US Congress returns on Tuesday with less than a month left to perform one of its core functions — keeping federal agencies funded and averting a partial government shutdown, a job it has struggled ... Read More

Congress passes short-term funding extension to avert government shutdown, heads to Biden's desk

WASHINGTON -- Congress passed a short-term funding extension Thursday, averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the week after lawmakers raced the clock ahead of a key Friday deadline. The ... Read More