Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday will tee up a stopgap spending bill for a vote next week in a last-minute bid to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown. The legislative move comes the day after the Republican-led House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) proposal to extend current funding levels into the next

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote Wednesday on a stopgap spending bill that would extend government funding for six months and require Americans to provide proof of citizenship when they vote,

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a partisan spending plan that is seemingly doomed to fail. Republicans who forced Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to scrap a vote last week due to their intense opposition have said they have still not changed their positions on the bill.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Thursday set up a vote on a stopgap bill in his chamber following the failed attempt to pass a government funding patch out of the House.

Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson intends to hold a Wednesday vote on a six-month stopgap federal funding measure, Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.

House Speaker Mike Johnson announces the House will move forward with a vote Wednesday on a continuing resolution to fund the government.

Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, although leaders in the Republican House and Democratic Senate haven’t felt the need to start negotiations just yet.

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday that he would be forging ahead with his plan to keep the government open, but the effort is unlikely to succeed amid lukewarm support from the House GOP and Senate Democrats.

The U.S. Senate will prepare stopgap spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday, as House Republicans offered no hint as to what their next move would be.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Thursday that he is taking steps to avert a shutdown as Speaker Mike Johnson’s next moves remain unclear.