Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a motion to proceed to a House-passed bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the 27-day shutdown that has crippled the functions of the ...

Bill must still be approved by House but would keep government running at current funding levels ...

The vote sends the stopgap, known as a continuing ​resolution, to the ​Senate.

On April 1, Congressional Republicans announced a new deal saying the House of Representatives would agree to pass the previously approved bipartisan Senate bill. On April 6, the House met for only 3 ...

The House passed a short-term funding measure to keep the government open ahead of the Sept. 30 funding deadline, but Senate approval is still needed.

The continuing resolution would fund the federal government until Dec. 4. It now heads to the Senate, where it could face obstacles.

The House passed a government funding bill Tuesday night that would extend funding for all federal operations through the midterm elections — a move made months ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to avoid ...

The US Senate passed a short-term spending bill to avert a damaging government shutdown weeks before the November midterms, sidestepping President Donald Trump’s calls to also enact emergency funds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House narrowly passes short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of ...