Tag: Government Shutdown

While Congress plays its by-now ritualistic game of chicken with government shutdowns, it’s important to back away from the stage players and look at...

The head of the conservative House Freedom Caucus is aggressively fighting back after leaders in both parties appear to have cobbled together an eleventh...

It seems to good to be true... House Speaker Mike Johnson's honeymoon is officially over. The Louisiana Republican has been pummeled from the most conservative...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) achieved his first major legislative victory Tuesday with a vote to avoid a government shutdown hours ahead of Friday's...

A coalition of Republican hardliners aligned with House Democrats to vote down a stopgap funding bill on Friday, significantly increasing the chances of a...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) provided an update on his fight against blood cancer. The high-profile Republican lawmaker gave colleagues a health update in...

Senate negotiators have unveiled a 79-page bill to fund the government until Nov. 17 in hopes of averting a shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) described...

ANALYSIS – In case some readers weren’t sure, this is a big reason the conservative GOP ‘Freedom Caucus’ is threatening a government shutdown. Thanks...

The federal government’s fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, and this year it may end with a bang. Or, more accurately, a government-wide shutdown. The...

The Senate passed the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package coming one step closer to averting a government shutdown. Senators voted 68-29 on Thursday to approve...