US House speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he hopes lawmakers take temporary measures soon to avoid a government shutdown, allowing them to adopt a full budget only after Donald Trump takes power in ...
A shutdown would close federal agencies ... The single biggest task for Congress is to fund the government by the Sept. 30 deadline. It’s a foregone conclusion that lawmakers will need a stopgap ...
Congressional leaders reach deal to avoid a government shutdown before election Congress is returning to Washington with a nailbiter of an election hovering and an even more pressing task.