Government shutdown highlights: Congress votes to keep government open, sending bill to Biden
Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a short-term spending bill.
Congress Averts Government Shutdown: How It Happened
The shutdown was averted on Friday after the House voted to back a new CR without the debt-ceiling increase Trump demanded.
Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands
Hours to go before a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan from Speaker Mike Johnson to prevent a government shutdown.
Government shutdown recap: Congress passes funding deal
That bill was a slimmed-down version of a bipartisan plan to temporarily dodge a government shutdown, known as continuing resolution, that Trump and his allies torpedoed earlier in the week.Start the day smarter.
Government shutdown updates: Biden signs funding bill, averting shutdown
"Tonight the Senate delivers good news for America: there will be no government shutdown right before Christmas," Schumer said. "After a chaotic few days in the House it's good news that the bipartisan approach in the end prevailed. It is a good lesson for next year: both sides have to work together."
Congress averts government shutdown as Senate passes funding bill
The federal government is hours away from a shutdown as House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to strike out in his search for funding legislation that can satisfy his narrow Republican majority and President-elect Donald Trump — and Trump’s billionaire adviser, Elon Musk.
Government shutdown: What happens if Congress doesn’t pass a stopgap spending bill
House Republican leaders are facing backlash over a bloated continuing resolution, raising the possibility of a government shutdown.
Congress avoids serious government shutdown – for now – after lawmakers reach bipartisan deal
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have reached a bipartisan deal to temporarily avoid a major shutdown, keeping the government open through at least mid-March and boosting disaster relief efforts after hurricanes devastated the Southeast this year.
US Troops (Usually) Don't Get Paid During a Government Shutdown, But Congress Does
However, Congress has passed legislation to pay service members during specific government shutdowns in the past.
Biden signs funding bill after Congress narrowly avoids government shutdown
President Biden has signed a bill to fund the government through mid-March after Congress reached an 11th-hour deal to prevent a government shutdown before the holidays. But the chaos that led to that deal is raising questions about House Speaker Mike Johnson's future,
Lawmakers react to stopgap funding and averting government shutdown
Lawmakers are having their say after President Biden signed a stopgap bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March and avoiding a shutdown.
Despite missing deadline, Congress avoids government shutdown by passing spending bill without Trump’s debt ceiling raise
Without an increase to the borrowing cap now, Trump will have to deal with a funding deal and debt limit in the early days of ...
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Congress passes bill to fund government after standoff and threat of holiday shutdown
WASHINGTON – Congress reached a last-minute, bipartisan deal to keep the government running afterafter a midnight ...