U.S. senators approve government funding to avoid a shutdown and vote to expand social security benefits::1, 2024:: ...

The Senate cleared a stopgap funding extension early Saturday shortly after a midnight deadline, staving off a partial ...

This week’s events were a preview of the perils of governing that face Trump and Republicans in Congress, despite their ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, worked with and against a Republican-controlled legislature on issues like ...

"Rockin' around the Christmas treeAt the Christmas party hop" – Brenda Lee It’s a yuletide tradition on Capitol Hill. An annual custom of rockin’ around a congressional Christmas tree, festooned with ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at a "Go Bigger on Climate, Care, and Justice" rally on July 20, 2021 in Washington, ...

"Shutdowns are stupid. When Congress doesn’t do his job, real people get hurt," Dusty Johnson said in a statement. "I can’t ...

Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster relief, farm aid and the debt ceiling. Trump immediately backed it, calling ...

President Biden on Saturday signed the spending package that allowed federal funds to keep flowing until mid-March, formally ...

The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the ...

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Senator-Elect Ruben Gallego shared their reaction to the House and Senate passing a bill to ...

The Senate passed the measure and sent it to President Biden’s desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse ...