The 118th Congress is likely to have at least one final political standoff before the balance of power shifts, and it's over ...

Republican electoral wins in both the presidential race and the Senate are changing the game on government funding, as ...

The approval of fiscal 2025 bills tops Congress’ priorities as lawmakers prepare to kick off their post-election legislative ...

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) — Congress appeared to have averted a government shutdown Wednesday evening, as both the House and Senate passed short-term budget legislation funding federal programs into the winter.

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

WASHINGTON—The House and Senate passed a measure late Wednesday funding federal agencies until late December, voting overwhelmingly to take a politically risky government shutdown off the table ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is expected Wednesday to give ... to the continuing resolution at this stage would be a government shutdown. “It would be political malpractice to shut the ...

Congress reached a funding deal Sunday that would avert a possible partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies for about another three months. The new budget year begins Oct. 1 ...

President Joe Biden on Sept. 20 warned that Congress only has 10 days until government funding runs out and called on Congress to pass a short-term funding bill.

The bill will mostly keep government agencies funded at current levels, avoiding an Oct. 1 shutdown that would have occurred if Congress did not work out an agreement on funding. House Republicans ...