Aug. 8 (UPI) --The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap funding bill Saturday that would fund the government through Dec. 11 to prevent a government shutdown in September. The bill was put in place to avoid a ...

WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday passed a short-term funding bill that will keep money flowing to the Pentagon through Dec. 11 while delaying a White House request to begin development on the ...

President Donald Trump signed a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government Wednesday evening, finally ending the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, which has roiled Washington ...

Previous fights over the debt ceiling have spooked financial markets, as a US government default would send credit shocks around the world. The limit has been suspended under an agreement that ...

The House approved a stopgap spending bill on Tuesday that will keep the federal government funded through early December, taking a government shutdown off the table ahead of midterm elections this ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is “optimistic” lawmakers can strike a deal to reopen the ...

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts. The first order of business is most likely a vote on a stopgap ...

The House passed a short-term funding patch Tuesday night that is designed to head off a partial government shutdown this fall. The continuing resolution passed on a mostly party-line vote of 220-205, ...

House Republican leaders are preparing to bring a stopgap measure that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 4 to the floor next week, kicking off a high-stakes effort to avert a potential ...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed a long-delayed transportation funding measure that provides enough revenue to stave off major cuts at the Oregon Department of Transportation as well as ...