Congress faces a Dec. 20 deadline to avert a government shutdown and is expected to kick the funding fight til early 2025 ...

Congress is back in Washington and lawmakers have a long to-do list before they adjourn for the year that includes avoiding a ...

Key Takeaways Key deadlines for funding the U.S. government are approaching, and lawmakers in Congress are reportedly ...

If Congress does not pass some form of stopgap bill or appropriations package prior to Dec. 20, the government will enter ...

Government-shutdown drama has been a regular tradition. But this year, Republicans are happy to wait until they control ...

Congress returns this week from a Thanksgiving recess with a number of priorities to get through before the end of the year.

During a shutdown, essential government employees work unpaid until Congress reaches a resolution. That would include air ...

The Democratic-led U.S. Senate returned on Monday for a showdown with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over ...

Congress has passed the defense bill, dubbed the National Defense Authorization Act, every year for more than six decades.

Fresh off the Thanksgiving holiday recess, congressional lawmakers returned to Washington to close out the remaining days of the 118th Congress.

Most importantly, lawmakers have until December 20 to pass 12 appropriations bills, which include spending on the military, ...

The main challenge for lawmakers over the next three weeks is to avert a pre-Christmas partial government shutdown by ...