Sen. John Kennedy has advanced a bill requiring senators’ pay be halted if they can’t agree to keep government funded.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security remains shut down Wednesday, April 29, and it's unclear when it may end after House Speaker Mike Johnson floated changes to an already approved Senate bill ...

The Senate will vote on a measure to block lawmaker pay during government shutdowns as Republicans push multiple bills to prevent future closures.

Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to fund the government, endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump, was roundly rejected by the ...

One of the most confusing federal-government shutdowns in living memory began at midnight on January 31 when the stopgap-spending authority that ended the last government shutdown in November ran out.

Senate Republicans are worried that Democrats will force a government shutdown in the fall, and are eyeing ways to prevent government funding from being weaponized ever again. Republicans are in the ...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) predicted on the Senate floor that his Democratic colleagues will find a reason to block funding legislation and trigger another government shutdown “right before the ...

Is the government shutdown still happening? Yes, we are now 52 days into the government shutdown, the longest in history, with a House vote today, April 7, unlikely with lawmakers on spring recess and ...

The Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded Monday, April 20, with Congress still unable to reach a bipartisan agreement after more than two months. Lawmakers are divided largely over ...