Senate votes against government funding bill, raising shutdown prospects

On the same day, Republicans in the Senate also defeated Democrats' version of a government funding extension. Their legislation, which GOP leaders denounced as partisan, would have reversed Medicaid ... 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

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

Senate fails to advance bills to fund government as shutdown looms

The Senate action came just hours after the House sent them the short-term funding bill. The Senate voted to block that Republican short-term funding bill, failing by a vote of 44-48. Republican Sens. Read More

Key Senate Vote Fails, Leaving No Clear Path to Avert Oct. 1 Shutdown

Senate Democrats on Friday voted to block a Republican stopgap spending measure that would keep the government open through late November, setting up a perilous showdown with just days before federal ... Read More

US House advances stopgap bill to avert government shutdown

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday cleared the way for a vote later this week on a stopgap funding measure to avert a partial federal government shutdown in two weeks ... 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

Senate Republicans brand looming crisis a 'Schumer Shutdown' as Democrats dig in

Senate Republicans criticize Democrats for opposing their seven-week government funding extension after Democrats supported 13 similar measures under former President Joe Biden. Read More

US Congress returns, with one month to avert government shutdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. 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 ... Read More