Meanwhile, Republicans — who have forced Washington to the brink of shutdowns several times recently in pursuit of budget cuts — are in charge of Congress and the White House ...
District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.
The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.
Washington averted a government shutdown after an up-and-down week saw House Republicans offering a united front and resistant Democrats cornered. The key moment on Friday was an early evening ...
Washington — Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...
The odds that the federal government will shut down Saturday morning have risen in recent days as a growing number of Senate Democrats have said they can’t go along with a Republican plan that funds ...
The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...
Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...
Katherine Clark (D-MA) speak at a Capitol press conference on the government shutdown vote on March 14, 2025. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner) Schumer, along with several other Senate ...
The Senate confirmed several Trump administration nominees, including former Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as Labor Secretary and passed a bill to permanently classify ...
Patty Murray (Washington), the top Democrat on the ... would need the support of at least seven Democrats to avert a government shutdown if all senators are voting. Just one Senate Democrat ...
House members in the Congressional Progressive Caucus were giving a news conference Thursday night as news broke that Senate ...