Through a coincidence of history, President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday took place on the 92nd anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inauguration.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking to lock down the votes to pass his stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown by Friday’s deadline, as he works to keep the lights on in ...

Shutting down the government is not an outcome President Trump wants. It is not an outcome Senate Republicans want. It costs money to shut down the government.

Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, will vote against the government funding proposal President Trump is urging Republicans to support ...

The wrangling over an extension of government dominates the agenda for both the House and the Senate this week.

The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress looked set to move ahead this week to keep the government funded and avert a partial ...

Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of Friday, and the race is on for Congress to avoid a shutdown.

Republicans may not have the votes to keep the government open ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, despite the fact that ...

Months before the Sept. 30 deadline, Republican leadership in the Michigan House quickly unveiled and voted through their ...

House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major ...

Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...

And most members — even those who are typically opposed to short-term funding packages — say they are ready to support the ...