Rep. Jim McGovern scoffed at Republicans who insist that Democrats should help them avoid a government shutdown set for March ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a Tuesday vote in the House for a stopgap funding bill, but the path to passage in both ...

WASHINGTON - Americans are yet again bracing for a possible government shutdown. Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to ...

Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.

Republicans omitted a standard provision approving the District’s budget in a stopgap funding measure needed to avert a ...

Republicans proposed the continuing resolution (CR) bill this weekend as they attempt to avoid a government shutdown Friday.

The Republican stopgap spending proposal that would avert a government shutdown is up against the key hurdle of clearing the ...

Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, sai government shutdowns are inherently a failure to govern effectively.

Congressional Democrats ... are not only planning on voting for a government shutdown, they are craving it,” Rep. Tom Emmer, ...

With the U.S. House and Senate under control of Republican majorities, Democratic members have limited ability to stop the Trump administration's acts.

The threat of a government shutdown is looming over Washington yet again. Here's what to know ahead of potential votes.

Following his inauguration, President Donald Trump has signed more than 70 executive orders, implemented the Department of ...