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

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

Stopgap spending bill to avert shutdown falls short in US Senate

A temporary spending bill that would avert an Oct. 1 federal government shutdown fell short in the U.S. Senate on Friday, as Democrats withheld support while demanding higher spending for healthcare. 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

US House passes stopgap funding bill

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to approve a stopgap government funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown beginning October 1 at the start of the new ... Read More

Members of Congress Grasp for a Stopgap Deal to Avert a Shutdown

Republicans and Democrats agree they will need a temporary measure to fund the government past Sept. 30, but have yet to come to terms on what it should look like. By Catie Edmondson Reporting from ... Read More