U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Congress might have a deal to prevent a government shutdown — but ... Here’s a look at the shortest and longest government shutdowns in U.S. history. Funding for about 70 percent of the ... Read More

Congress once again flirts with a government shutdown. Here’s why it keeps happening.

A partial government shutdown could have affected tax filing season and federal student aid, caused airport delays, and hampered U.S. border operations ... This brings us to the March 22 deadline. Read More

What Has to Happen to Avoid a Partial Government Shutdown This Weekend

However, it’s possible that the process could go into the weekend, resulting in a brief partial government shutdown ... drafted in secrecy and dropped on us in the middle of the night is ... Read More

Biden signs into law U.S. Senate-approved funding package, averting govt shutdown (update)

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a $1.2T government funding package, averting a partial shutdown and ending months of wrangling between Republicans and Democrats. Biden's ... Read More

US Congress Advances $1.2 Trillion Spending Package to Avert Shutdown

US Congress ... that Congress's repeated brinkmanship could hurt the U.S. government's creditworthiness. The compressed schedule raised the risk of at least a brief partial shutdown after a ... Read More

Politics again brought us to brink of US government shutdown

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus gather Friday at a news conference ... Once again, the U.S. government was on the brink of a partial shutdown, when lawmakers finally passed ... Read More

What's in the $1.2 trillion spending deal to fund the government, avert a partial shutdown

WASHINGTON – While you were probably sleeping, congressional leaders unveiled a $1.2 trillion spending package to fund the government long term and avert a partial shutdown by a Friday funding ... Read More

Government Spending

The International Monetary Fund sounded an alarm over huge levels of government spending in the U.S., which it said ... discussed Victor Davis Hanson's Fox News opinion piece on Biden's ... Read More

What Happens If US Enters A Partial Government Shutdown?

The US government could ... Center in Washington. If the shutdown is short-lived, "there are disruptions, but not huge disruptions," he told AFP. At the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service ... Read More

US Congress advances $1.2 trillion spending package to avert shutdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After days of delay, U.S ... hurt the U.S. government's creditworthiness. RISK REMAINS The compressed schedule raised the risk of at least a brief partial shutdown after ... Read More

US Congress releases $1.1 trillion spending package to avert shutdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After days of delay, U.S. congressional leaders unveiled ... giving lawmakers less than two days to avert a partial government shutdown. The Republican-controlled House ... Read More