The House approved Speaker Mike Johnson's continuing resolution, a push to avert a potential government shutdown. Here's what it means for you.

Update, Dec. 19: Republicans released a slimmed-down version of the original continuing resolution on Thursday. Read more details about the new bill here. The 1,500 page measure, known as a ...

The continuing resolution, a stopgap measure that would temporarily fund the government while lawmakers work to pass a comprehensive budget, would prevent a shutdown from occurring on Oct. 1. − ...

President Donald Trump signed the continuing resolution that extends the government's budget through the end of September, officially avoiding a shutdown.

Just hours before a potential government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate passed a roughly 45-day continuing resolution with disaster relief funds, an extension of a federal flood ...

Democrats had been pushing for a 30-day continuing resolution that had little chance of earning enough support for passage. And with the House having already left town, the option would almost ...

Democrats reach deal with White House to avoid government shutdown 02:11. The House has passed a continuing resolution that includes nearly $8 billion more for nutrition assistance programs.

Owens, who said he would "absolutely" support a House GOP resolution, notes a Senate-produced bill would almost certainly be a "clean" continuing resolution, leaving spending at 2023 levels, a ...

Failure to fund the government by then will lead to a government shutdown. The 32-page continuing resolution is a temporary band-aid that doesn’t change how government programs are funded.

The prospect of a government shutdown has become almost inevitable in the minds of the country's members of Congress.