Government shutdown live updates: House, Senate approve stop-gap funding bill
House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says the “lines of communication have been reopened” with Speaker Mike Johnson.
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.
House votes to avoid government shutdown by passing spending bill without Trump’s debt ceiling raise
After a week of turmoil, Congress dodged a government shutdown by approving a spending package that would continue government funding until mid-March and provide additional relief for natural disaster survivors as well as aid to farmers.
Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
During a partial government shutdown, federal agencies and non-essential services are stopped, but some functions that are considered "essential" will continue. Certain national security functions, such as border patrol, law enforcement and disaster response, will remain active during the shutdown.
Senate passes bill to avoid a government shutdown, ending funding fight at the 11th hour
The bill, which keeps the government funded through March 14, must still pass the Senate before 12:01 a.m. to avoid a shutdown.
US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown
The Democratic-controlled Senate in an 85-11 vote passed the bill to continue government funding 38 minutes after it expired at midnight.
Transition Live Updates: House to Vote on Funding as Shutdown Deadline Nears
House Republicans said they would proceed with legislation that would keep the government open but jettison President-elect Donald J. Trump’s demand to raise the debt ceiling.
House Republicans reach new plan to avoid government shutdown after back-to-back defeats
House Republicans have tentatively reached another deal to avert a partial government shutdown, as the clock ticks closer to midnight.
Senate eyes vote before midnight on government funding after House approves bill to prevent shutdown
The House approved Johnson’s new bill overwhelmingly, 366-34, and the Senate was working late into the night toward votes.
Senate joins House in vote to avert government shutdown
The federal government will likely remain open as lawmakers on both sides banned together to avoid a shutdown.
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Government shutdown live updates: Focus turns to Senate after House OKs spending bill
Then on Thursday night, the House failed to pass a revamped plan that included Trump's explosive demand that the debt limit be extended. Under the House proposal, the 118-page bill contains most of the provisions that were put in place in the bipartisan bill that was agreed to on Wednesday.
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House avoids government shutdown, bill heads to Biden
While there's still no agreement on a long-term government funding deal, the short term fix is now final. IRS sending up to ...
Musk and Trump put House GOP in a bind
With time running out, Speaker Mike Johnson's attempt to avoid a government shutdown now faces a battery of new nearly impossible-to-deliver demands from the right.