Government shutdown live updates: House plans to vote on new bill as deadline nears
With a government shutdown deadline just hours away, Republican congressional leaders on Friday scrambled to come up with a third spending proposal. An initial bipartisan deal was tanked earlier this week by President-elect Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk.
Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
The Senate is on track to pass a stopgap bill after its passage in the House earlier Friday. However, the upper chamber ran past the midnight deadline, meaning there will be a technical government shutdown,
Shutdown more and more likely: House rejects Trump-backed deal to keep government running
After last-minute hurdles toppled their original plan, House Republicans failed to pass a deal to keep the government running despite Trump's support.
Live updates: House passes government funding bill to avert shutdown; heads to Senate for approval
Johnson abandoned that legislation earlier this week after first Elon Musk, then President-elect Donald Trump opposed it. But the Republican speaker is facing few options to avert a government shutdown at the end of the day while also appeasing the demands of his fellow Republicans.
Time is running short to avert a government shutdown after funding bill is rejected
President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — and if not, let the closures "start now."
House votes to avoid government shutdown and approves bipartisan funding bill
Days of chaos and uncertainty on Capitol Hill appear to be winding down. A bill backed by President-elect Trump to keep the government open was rejected by the House Thursday night. But on Friday, an apparent breakthrough was announced by Speaker Mike Johnson.
Government shutdown looming? House rejects Republicans' slimmed-down government funding plan
With a looming Friday deadline, lawmakers are working last minute to dodge a shutdown and keep government operations running through the holidays.
House votes down Republican bill to avert shutdown on eve of the deadline
Democrats and some conservatives opposed the new funding bill, which was crafted after President-elect Donald Trump blew up an earlier bipartisan agreement.
House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline
Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops
Government shutdown live updates: House passes funding deal
A government shutdown will set in at midnight if Congress doesn't come up with a bipartisan deal. Keep up with the USA TODAY Network's live coverage.
Government shutdown updates: Biden signs funding bill, averting shutdown
Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday, the White House said, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight.
'Enough blame to go around': Republicans, Democrats point fingers after near shutdown
Democrats and Republicans traded barbs and tried to evade blame, after Trump and Musk killed a bipartisan deal and threatened ...
Government shutdown at risk as Trump's demands put Speaker Johnson in a bind
A government shutdown at risk, House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting to figure out how to meet President-elect Donald ...