The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to continue funding the government through Dec. 20, narrowly averting a shutdown just five days before the deadline. The Senate voted 78-18 to approve the ...

And whichever party wins control of the House and Senate will get to decide how to handle a slew of consequential policy ...

And while September is "government shutdown season" on Capitol Hill ... plan likely hinges on which party controls the House and Senate next year, as well as who won the White House.

“American families can rest assured now that their lives won’t be needlessly upended due to an unnecessary government shutdown,” Schumer said. The Senate will first vote midday Wednesday on ...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky doesn’t want a political battle, saying his party would likely be blamed if Congress allows the government to shut down shortly before the election ...

Funding for the government runs out at the ... will know that the responsibility of a shutdown will be on the House Republicans’ hands,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and ...

Collins warned that any short-term funding bill would take several days to pass the Senate, indicating senators will need to advance some kind of measure to avert a government shutdown at the ...

News Wrap: Government shutdown averted as Biden ... $1.2 trillion funding package overnight, ending partial shutdown threat The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill face major deadlines and key issues on their to-do list after the November elections, including ...