Government shutdown updates: Biden signs funding bill, averting shutdown
House Republicans will meet behind closed doors at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss a new plan to avert a government shutdown -- as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says the “lines of communication have been reopened” with Speaker Mike Johnson.
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,
Biden signs funding bill after Congress narrowly avoids government shutdown
President Biden has signed a bill to fund the government through mid-March after Congress reached an 11th-hour deal to prevent a government shutdown before the holidays. But the chaos that led to that deal is raising questions about House Speaker Mike Johnson's future,
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.
Lawmakers react to stopgap funding and averting government shutdown
Lawmakers are having their say after President Biden signed a stopgap bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March and avoiding a shutdown.
Senate eyes late-night vote after House approves bill to prevent government shutdown
With hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but dropped President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
Biden signs stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown
The federal government will likely remain open as lawmakers on both sides banned together to avoid a shutdown.
Congress passes bill to fund government after standoff and threat of holiday shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump and multibillionaire Elon Musk had sunk an earlier bipartisan deal, only to see their preferred replacement voted down.
Biden signs bill that averts government shutdown and brings a close to days of Washington upheaval
Biden has signed legislation that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Trump’s core demand in the negotiations.
The House Voted to Avert a Government Shutdown
The House approved legislation tonight to avert a government shutdown roughly six hours before it was set to begin. A majority of lawmakers in both parties voted to extend funding for the federal government into mid-March and approve disaster relief for parts of the nation still reeling from storms.
Government shutdown recap: Congress passes funding deal
Congress passed a bipartisan deal spending deal after Donald Trump and Elon Musk tanked an earlier bill. The government did not shut down.
Government shutdown is averted just after deadline as Congress rejects Trump's debt limit demands
Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would ...
How a U.S. government shutdown could have impacted your benefits and services
The U.S. government faced the threat of a shutdown if Congress didn't pass a spending bill before Dec. 21, 2024. Here's a ...
Congress Approves Revised Plan to Avert Government Shutdown
House Republicans prepared a new plan to try to avert a government shutdown at midnight, with Vice President-elect JD Vance ...