Democrats reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a bill expanding the federal government’s authority to oversee U.S.

Republican lawmakers view the Democrats as itching for a shutdown after a series of political losses this year.

Democrats are leery of supporting Republican spending measures after the White House forced through clawbacks of funding ...

Congressional leaders are already starting to trade blame for a government shutdown, two months before the funding deadline.

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House Democrats are cranking up the pressure on their Senate colleagues to hold the line against any Republican spending ...

The president’s marquee policy legislation is best known for slashing taxes and cutting social safety net programs. But the ...

The revised package now heads back to the House, where Republican leaders hope to approve it and send it to Trump before a self-imposed July 4 deadline. But it faces hurdles.

Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said appropriations should be less bipartisan, but avoiding a shutdown will require both parties.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is teasing plans to pass two more pieces of budget legislation over the next year in the same way Congress eked through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.