La., said he expects Congress to extend the existing government budget into early next year to avert a shutdown in ...

US House speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he hopes lawmakers take temporary measures soon to avoid a government shutdown, allowing them to adopt a full budget only after Donald Trump takes power in ...

With Republicans on cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend federal funding well into ...

Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...

Orientation is underway in Congress for new members as important matters loom, including funding the government to avoid a ...

A shutdown would close federal agencies ... The single biggest task for Congress is to fund the government by the Sept. 30 deadline. It’s a foregone conclusion that lawmakers will need a stopgap ...

House Republicans are planning to strategize with President-elect Trump on their path forward to funding the government past ...

Congressional leaders reach deal to avoid a government shutdown before election Congress is returning to Washington with a nailbiter of an election hovering and an even more pressing task.

WASHINGTON (CN) — Both houses of Congress voted Thursday afternoon to approve a short-term budget that, if signed into law, will yet again sidestep the threat of a government shutdown. The House ...

With Republicans on the cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend the deadline for a government shutdown well past President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.