The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a federal government shutdown shortly after the midnight funding deadline.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to ... government shutdown ...

Hours to go before a midnight deadline, the Senate is preparing to give final approval to a new plan from Speaker Mike ...

After days of wrangling among themselves and with Democrats, the House GOP pushed a bill across the floor to avoid a ...

The Senate approved the bill late Friday on an unanimous vote ... “you are effectively voting to shut down the government.” Elon Musk called on lawmakers to oppose a bipartisan spending ...

"Tonight the Senate delivers good news for America: there will be no government shutdown right before Christmas," Schumer ...

The bill now heads to the Senate. Rep. Tim Burchett ... and our House counterparts how horrible it is to shut the government down," he said. "And how foolish it is to bet your own side won ...

Republican congressional leaders on Thursday were scrambling to come up with a plan to avoid a government shutdown looming ...

President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill to fund the government through March 14. It does not address the debt ceiling, a key demand from President-elect Donald Trump.

Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a short-term spending bill.

Top Senate Democrats, Majority Leader Chuck ... not work with Democrats in a bipartisan way very soon, the government will shut down at midnight." "It's time to go back to the original agreement ...

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