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Senate makes progress in averting a gov’t shutdown much earlier than usual
The Senate took a significant step towards averting an impending partial government shutdown by passing a tranche of funding ...
Senate panel advances more than $1 trillion in government funding for 2026
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation Thursday amounting to more than $1 trillion in government funding ...
Senate kicks off fraught appropriations process against shutdown deadline
The Senate on Wednesday took a step toward approving its first appropriation bill, agreeing to advance military construction ...
Trump tells Chuck Schumer to ‘GO TO HELL’ over Senate nominee deal after negotiations blow up
Hours of tense negotiations to strike a deal on President Donald Trump’s nominees blew up Saturday night, and now lawmakers ...
Senate approves more than $180 billion in 2026 funding before August recess
The Senate on Friday passed its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal year 2026 ahead of its upcoming August recess, but Congress is bracing for a potentially messy fight to prevent ...
Government shutdown talk is starting early ahead of a difficult funding fight in Congress this fall
Congressional leaders are already starting to trade blame for a government shutdown, two months before the funding deadline.
Partisan rancor in Congress raises risk of US government shutdown this fall
Growing Democratic rancor in the U.S. Congress over President Donald Trump's tactics on the federal budget is threatening the ...