Here’s how Congress managed to avoid a government shutdown, even when it seemed all but certain. House divided in negotiations all week, left in defeat Friday House lawmakers were divided all week.

Congress dodged a government shutdown. Here are the winners and losers from a messy fight. Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown, extending funding through Nov. 17, but the deal didn't ...

In the absence of last-minute action from Congress, a shutdown would start at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, so its effects would not be immediately felt until Monday.

WASHINGTON — Congress struck an eleventh-hour deal to avert a government shutdown during the holidays, but in the process, it lengthened an already extensive to-do list for the first year of ...

The shutdown threat led to questions about what it would mean for lawmakers themselves — and their paychecks. Here are some answers: Will members of Congress get paid if there's a government ...

Here's what a government shutdown would look like if no spending bill is passed this week 03:27. Washington — Congress appears to be barreling toward another government shutdown, with ...

Congress Prevented a Shutdown, but the Spending Fight Is Far From Over Lawmakers bought time for talks, but heading off another shutdown threat early next year will be difficult.

A shutdown happens when Congress fails to approve the funding bills, called appropriations bills, that promise money to different parts of the federal government so they can function.

Before the shutdown of 2019, furloughed workers were not legally entitled to retroactive pay for work missed during a shutdown. However, in practice, Congress approved retroactive pay following ...

Congress averted a government shutdown on Saturday night with hours to spare, after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) abandoned the partisan strategy for funding the government that he’s pursued ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

Economic Policy Congress dodged a shutdown but may get an ugly December spending fight. Lawmakers have yet to agree on how much money in total the government should spend next fiscal year, besides ...