What Does a Shutdown Have to Do With the Budget or Elon Musk? Here’s a Guide.
By design, budget reconciliation mostly addresses the parts of federal spending that are not part of the appropriations ...
GOP-controlled Congress seeks to avoid government shutdown early in Trump’s term
Lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday and are seeking to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week. President ...
President Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing Congress' funding for USAID, judge says
A federal judge says President Donald Trump overstepped his authority in freezing almost all spending on U.S. humanitarian ...
Congress Approves Stopgap Funding Bill, Averts Government Shutdown
Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House vote.
Rep. Andy Biggs cited his trust in Trump while voting to avoid shutdown
Biggs has never shied from votes that made GOP leadership wince, but didn't do so as the House needed every vote to avoid a ...
House passes spending bill to avert government shutdown
The House of Representatives passed a spending bill Tuesday to fund the government through the end of September and avert a ...
House votes for $1 billion in D.C. cuts while seeking to avert shutdown
It is unclear what additional avenues remain for D.C. to advocate for a reversal of the cuts as the bill heads to the Senate.
DOGE is at the center of the government shutdown fight
Democrats aren't used to voting against keeping the government open. But DOGE and the Trump administrations early moves are ...