In a rare public outburst on the Senate floor Tuesday, New Jersey Sen_ Cory Booker took his Democratic colleagues to task, ...

The finger-pointing with more than two months to go in the fiscal year indicates the threat of a stoppage is more serious ...

Congressional leaders are already starting to trade blame for a government shutdown, two months before the funding deadline.

Senate Republicans say President Trump has made it clear he doesn’t want a government shutdown, and they’re urging House GOP ...

House Democrats are cranking up the pressure on their Senate colleagues to hold the line against any Republican spending ...

Democrats are leery of supporting Republican spending measures after the White House forced through clawbacks of funding ...

The Senate took a step toward approving its first appropriation bill but lawmakers have a long way to go to avoid a government shutdown in September.