The Latest Breaking News from Government Shutdown

Congress will return later this year to tackle an omnibus funding package, hurricane relief, coronavirus aid and more.

Washington (AFP) - The US Congress approved $12.3 billion in aid Friday to help Ukraine battle its invasion by Russia as part of a stopgap spending bill that averts a chaotic government shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline.

WASHINGTON — The path to averting a partial government shutdown by Friday night just became a little easier to see after a key procedural vote in the Senate showed broad bipartisan support for a temporary spending bill.

WASHINGTON — The path to averting a partial government shutdown by Friday night just became a little easier to see, after Senate Democrats said they'd drop a contentious environmental policy rider that had drawn critiques from the right and left.

Lawmakers have less than a week left to pass a stopgap spending measure to avoid a partial government shutdown. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Aidan Quigley outline the likely game plan for completing a deal and the hurdles still standing in the way. Show Notes: Schumer starts process for…

A short-term funding measure to head off a partial government shutdown is now caught up in fights over emergency spending requests and an effort to streamline federal permitting for energy projects. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley outline the challenges facing Congress to pass stopgap funding…

Lawmakers return to Washington this month to wrestle with a White House request for $47.1 billion in emergency supplemental funds and the need to pass a stopgap spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown starting Oct. 1.

Lawmakers will wrestle with a White House request for $47.1 billion in emergency funds and the need to avert a partial government shutdown.