1 day ago · The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the …

1 day ago · Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts …

1 day ago · The 2025 government shutdown deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, March 14, 2025. A shutdown would go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday if a funding bill is not passed …

1 day ago · A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the way for passage as a midnight Friday deadline loomed. …

1 day ago · Looming government shutdown: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he will vote to keep the government open, signaling that there is a viable path ahead to …

1 day ago · The newly passed government funding bill that avoids a shutdown includes a provision requiring the city to return to last year’s budget levels, which would lead to D.C. …

2 days ago · Forcing a government shutdown is the only shred of leverage Democrats have to compel some limits on executive actions imposing mass firings of federal employees and …

It is past midnight, but the government will not shut down while the Senate finishes up its votes, the White House confirmed.

Dec 20, 2024 · The federal government could shut down in a matter of hours if Congress does not cobble together a temporary funding plan on Friday.

Dec 21, 2024 · The Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight vote by a vote of 85-11. The legislation will extend government funding until …