By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...

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On Dec. 22, 2018, the U.S. government began a record 35-day partial shutdown after the Senate was unable to agree on a ...

The deal funds the government at current levels through March 14 and provides $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in ...

Lawmakers are having their say after President Biden signed a stopgap bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding ...

Hours to go before a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan from Speaker Mike ...

President Biden has signed a bill to fund the government through mid-March after Congress reached an 11th-hour deal to ...

A short lapse in funding would probably do only modest damage. But it could send a troubling signal about government ...

Based on past government estimates, some 3.5 million federal workers could go without paychecks this holiday season until an ...

A government shutdown kicks in when Congress can’t pass new funding for federal agencies. During a shutdown, the federal ...