August 30, 2024 GOP senators look to tie crackdown on noncitizen voting to must-pass spending bill Some GOP lawmakers want to see a GOP priority Trump-backed bill tied to a spending measure next month as Congress contends with another potential government shutdown.
August 12, 2024 Freedom Caucus draws first battle lines in election year government shutdown fight The House Freedom Caucus is making its first formal demands in the fiscal year 2025 government spending fight.
July 27, 2024 House lawmakers leave DC until September with government shutdown deadline looming The House of Representatives is on recess until Sept. 9 – exactly three weeks ahead of the deadline to fund the government in the next fiscal year.
July 24, 2024 'Everyone's mad': Fight to avoid government shutdown shatters House GOP peace House Republicans are once again at odds with one another over how to fund the federal government in the next fiscal year and are looking to avoid a government shutdown.
June 25, 2024 GOP lines up culture war-heavy spending bills targeting military abortions, drag shows House Republicans are seeking to include provisions on abortion, transgender health care, drag performers, and DEI in this year's appropriations bills.
May 27, 2024 Kevin McCarthy's ghost is haunting House GOPs' next big legislative fight House lawmakers are jumping into the next big government funding fight with an ambitious schedule to pass all of their spending bills, but they are still constrained by policies instituted under former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
March 25, 2024 Congressional diversity and inclusion office shut down by $1.2T government funding deal The House of Representatives' diversity office was dissolved after the chamber passed its $1.2 trillion package to fund the federal government.
March 23, 2024 Senate passes mammoth $1.2T spending package after brief partial government shutdown The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending package on Friday, just hours before entering a partial government shutdown.
March 23, 2024 Government partially shuts down as Senate fails to take up $1.2T spending package in time The Senate ushered in a partial government shutdown after failing to pass a $1.2T government spending bill ahead of the 12:01 a.m. deadline on Saturday.
March 22, 2024 Laken Riley amendment at center of Senate standoff in partial government shutdown battle The Laken Riley Act has been introduced as an amendment to the six-bill appropriations package by Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., as Senate showdown heads to partial government shutdown.