When House Republicans first passed a stopgap spending bill last month, it was written to give Congress a seven-week window to come to a long-term deal on government funding. With the government ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday he is not in favor of a stopgap measure that would only fund the government until December, preferring a January time frame. The stopgap measure that passed ...

Republican leaders are making plans for a new, longer continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at current levels as the government shutdown drags into its fourth week. Consensus is growing ...

The emergency work group tasked with finding a solution to a looming crisis in child care has come up with a plan that it hopes can serve as a "stopgap" measure that will prevent centers from closing ...

WASHINGTON — The largest union of federal workers publicly implored lawmakers Monday to approve a temporary funding bill to end the ongoing government shutdown, ramping up pressure on Democrats to ...

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., expressed support Monday for a GOP-sponsored bill that would ensure funding for food assistance threatened by the government shutdown. The proposed measure would ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --The Senate failed for the 10th time to approve a temporary funding bill to reopen the federal government and voted down a Defense Department appropriations bill on Thursday. The Senate ...

Senate Democrats rejected for the 10th time Thursday a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress ...