The Senate passed a procedural vote on a three-bill spending package funding commerce, justice, energy and interior agencies as Congress works to prevent government shutdown.

Congressional negotiators in both parties released a massive bill aimed at fully funding the government ahead of a shutdown deadline on Jan. 30.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Senate Taxation Committee heard two bills Wednesday, but both failed to advance. Senate Bill 7 seeks to modify the tax rate and tax distributions for gold severed in the state and to create a new fund for rural water infrastructure projects.

The Senate will return to a fast-approaching government funding deadline, but this time both sides appear ready to avoid another shutdown. When lawmakers in the upper chamber return Monday, they will have three working weeks to fund the government.

Florida GOP Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna on Friday threatened to shut down the floor of the House if the Senate doesn’t pass the SAVE Act.“

Updated December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM EST A Senate vote to reopen the government failed on Wednesday, hours after many federal agencies ceased operations and a stand off over government funding on Capitol Hill showed little movement towards a resolution.

Two vastly different accounts emerged of the man a Border Patrol agent fatally shot in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. Colleagues and family described 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex J. Pretti as a compassionate,