The U.S. Senate will prepare temporary spending legislation that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that he will act later in the day to advance a bipartisan ...

The Senate will advance a bipartisan stopgap government funding bill on Thursday after efforts to pass a similar measure in ...

It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government ...

The deadline for a potential government shutdown is September 30 if lawmakers fail to agree on a budget. However, the chance ...

"We cannot have a government shutdown," Mitch McConnell, said. "It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right ...

Less than two weeks from a government shutdown and less than 50 days from the election, leaders from both parties say a ...

Lawmakers have until Sept. 30 to extend government funding. Internal Republican divisions are posing a problem for Speaker ...

Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, though leaders in the ...

The U.S. Senate is working on temporary spending legislation to avert a partial government shutdown by the end of the month.

As Congress nears a shutdown, find out how it could impact federal workers, Social Security, national parks and more. What you need to know now.