House Passes GOP Stopgap Spending Bill Ahead of Shutdown

The vote was 217-212, largely along party lines. Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine joined Republicans in backing the measure, while GOP Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of ... 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 Republicans pass stopgap spending bill, set up shutdown fight with Senate

House Republicans on Friday approved a short-term government spending package to avert a shutdown at month’s end, sending the bill to the Senate and setting up a clash with upper chamber Democrats ... Read More

Senate rejects House-passed stopgap funding bill, as government shutdown looms at end of month

House Republicans passed a stopgap funding bill on Friday as the government careens toward a shutdown at the end of this month. Read More

US government shutdown looms; Senate rejects stopgap funding bill

The threat of a U.S. government shutdown surged on Friday, as the U.S. Senate rejected a short-term funding bill to keep federal agencies operating after September 30 and then left town for a ... Read More

House approves stopgap spending bill but health care fight threatens a shutdown

House Republicans are pushing a bill funding government agencies through November 21, but Democrats say without a plan to renew expiring health care subsidies they will oppose it. Read More

Government shutdown looms after Senate rejects House-passed stopgap funding bill

Senate Democrats on Friday blocked a House-passed bill to fund federal departments and agencies for seven weeks, putting Washington on the path to an Oct. 1 government shutdown. Democrats came ... Read More