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Congress played another coda on a what’s become a familiar tune late Friday night after it barely pulled enough votes ...

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat ...

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) had a heated exchange with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other Democratic ...

If your community is expecting big money from Washington for your favorite project, it may be time to move on. There's a good chance it's not coming. Senator Shelley Moore Capito's office confirmed to ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

The White House said on Saturday afternoon that President Trump had signed the stopgap spending bill, avoiding a partial ...

President Trump signed a funding bill that keeps the government open through September, averting a shutdown after a drama-filled week on Capitol Hill.

Ex- U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema called out prominent liberals for endorsing the filibuster during a recent vote on a ...

Listen, there was a real chasm revealed in this fight over how to proceed on this funding bill. You had Nancy Pelosi openly ...

Trump on Saturday signed into law a high-stakes continuing resolution that keeps the government funded through late September ...