There are 12 appropriations bills that must pass each year and since members of Congress are sharply divided, this is ...

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By a matter of minutes, the federal government averted yet another shutdown. Fingers are again being pointed to determine ...

Congress passed a bipartisan deal spending deal after Donald Trump and Elon Musk tanked an earlier bill. The government did ...

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

With a potential government shutdown looming ahead of the holidays, here's what you need to know in California and beyond. Each year, Congress sets aside money for federal agencies to use in the ...

There have been 20 federal budget "funding gaps" since 1977. The longest lasted 35 days. What should people expect this time?

The federal government could shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, but few Californians are likely to notice any impact, at least ...

Congress has just hours to come up with a plan to fund the federal government or face a partial shutdown. Capitol Hill lawmakers have until midnight Friday to pass a bill that would continue to ...

Question: What happens to federal employees during a shutdown? Answer: Well, despite the last-minute hysterics, Congress managed to avoid playing the Grinch by averting a government shutdown over ...

This is called a federal government shutdown. On Friday night, the current funding expires. If a funding bill is not passed, the government will be forced to furlough thousands of federal workers ...

Without some kind of funding approved before the deadline, a shutdown would leave millions of federal workers without paychecks. It's the second time this year that the federal government has ...