Republicans are seeking a bill to temporarily extend federal spending at current levels without any add-ons. Democrats are pushing to extend expiring subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers are now, for the most part, locked in a blame game, as each side is holding the other responsible for the government shutdown that has transpired. Here’s how some ...

Republican leaders in Congress on Wednesday dug in on pressuring Democrats to vote for a “clean” GOP-crafted stopgap to reopen the government, signaling the Senate will hold repeated votes on the bill ...

The Senate rejected a Republican plan for the seventh time on Thursday to end the government shutdown that began a week ago. The bill, which passed the House last month, would extend federal funding ...

The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes ...

I live in the Washington, DC, area and the shutdown will severely damage the economy here. I've always been concerned about shutdowns in general, because it is a reckless move that can affect, and has ...

Most of the federal government is shut down after Senate Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a funding agreement to keep it open. Democrats wanted to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain, the chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, about the ongoing government shutdown and the prospects for a resolution.

Republican lawmakers are reportedly split on the decision to attend a fundraiser at a luxury golf resort amid the contentious government shutdown. The shutdown went into effect earlier this week after ...

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching. By Carl Hulse Reporting from Capitol Hill The ...

CNN anchor Boris Sanchez pushed back on Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) with a fact-check as Republicans repeat a false claim that Democrats want health insurance for undocumented immigrants, with Fine ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that the Senate will return Friday for another vote to reopen the government but cautioned that lawmakers are unlikely to hold additional votes over the ...