The average person would be forgiven for thinking Congress is completely bungling budgeting. Yet amid all the bad news, there are shoots of green.

It was a "show vote" of a different kind in the House of Representatives Wednesday night. The vote showed which Republicans opposed a combination bill to avoid a government shutdown and require that ...

Andy Biggs and Eli Crane, two of Arizona's Republican congressmen, were key holdouts for a GOP-led funding plan as a government shutdown loomed.

Zelensky’s do-or-die mission, Israel hits Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon, Johnson said to consult with Trump on shutdown, POW/MIA Recognition Day.

Congress needs to pass a spending bill by September 30 to avoid a partial government shutdown. Dockworkers and ports must ...

Good evening! Tonight, my colleague Annie Karni takes us to Capitol Hill, where lawmakers staring down a looming government ...

House Republicans have shifted gears as they race to avoid a government shutdown, eyeing a three-month stopgap spending bill ...

House Republicans torpedoed Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal to fund the government on Wednesday, forcing the Senate to act ...

On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) brought up a vote to pair a continuing resolution, a government funding bill ...

With a potential government shutdown taking place at the end of the month, NBC Senior National Political Reporter Sahil Kapur ...

The U.S. Senate will prepare temporary spending legislation that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the ...

It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government ...