Ahead of the Nov. 17 government funding deadline, the House is paralyzed without a speaker. ... R-Texas, said about the prospects of a government shutdown while the House is left without a speaker.

Rep. David Livingston, who led budget negotiations for the House, identified one of the biggest takeaways: "We don't like each other." ...

Much of state government would shut down if Hobbs doesn't sign a new budget before the start of a new fiscal year on July 1.

House passes short-term government funding bill 02:09. Washington — The House on Tuesday passed a two-step plan from Speaker Mike Johnson to fund federal agencies into the new year, sending the ...

The House passed a short-term funding bill Tuesday that would avert a government shutdown Saturday, a major victory for new Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who faced competing demands from different ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy returns to Washington this week confronting a twin set of challenges: avoiding a costly government shutdown and addressing growing calls on the right to impeach President ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is working to contain a revolt by hard-line members of his party that could threaten his job as speaker and a potential government shutdown.

White House officials have begun preparing for a government shutdown that they are confident the public will blame on the GOP, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struggles to unify his party ...

A short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown cleared the House of Representatives Tuesday evening, bringing the US one step closer to keep the lights on after Nov. 17.

Government Shutdown With nine days left before the Nov. 17 deadline, neither the House nor the Senate have settled on a path forward, and Speaker Mike Johnson is considering an array of GOP ideas.

The White House is now “girding for a shutdown” and senior West Wing officials are drawing up plans for which personnel would be deemed “essential” starting on October 1 as the deadline to ...

House Republicans advanced a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in a tough spot should the measure pass a final vote this afternoon and pro… ...