Government shutdown cost U.S. economy $11 billion, budget office says
Federal employees went back to work Monday after the longest shutdown in government history — but the economic effects will be felt for a long time. A report released [...]
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Trump and congressional leaders agree to temporarily reopen government
President Trump said he and congressional leaders have reached a deal that would temporarily halt the partial government shutdown. The proposal would reopen the government [...]
Trump expected to offer deal for building wall and ending the shutdown, Democrats prepare to reject it
President Donald Trump is expected to publicly outline a new deal on Saturday that would trade three years of protections for so-called Dreamers in exchange for $5.7 billion [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Senate adjourns until after Christmas with no shutdown deal in sight
The Senate adjourned with no solution to the partial government shutdown and no plans to reconvene until Dec. 27, indicating Washington is settling into a lengthy government [...]
BREAKING: House passes stopgap bill to fund government with $5 billion for Trump’s border wall, putting it at odds with Senate
The House vote came after President Donald Trump said Thursday he would not sign a short-term spending bill that did not include border-wall funding. The Senate will now have [...]
Trump threatens to shut down the government as he argues with Pelosi and Schumer in front of cameras
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to shut down large parts of the federal government over funding for his proposed border wall, openly quarreling with Senate [...]
Congress averts shutdown, postponing fight over Trump’s wall
The Senate passed a bill by voice vote to avert a shutdown and fund the federal government for another two weeks. The House passed the legislation earlier Thursday. The [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Trump threatens to veto $1.3 trillion spending bill, raising risk of a government shutdown
President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday morning that he is “considering a VETO” of a bill funding the government because the legislation does not address DACA [...]
House Joins Senate, Passes Massive Budget to End Government Shutdown
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive $400 billion budget agreement early Friday intended to end a partial federal government shutdown. The lawmakers voted [...]
Senate Dems take Deal clearing way to end Shutdown
US Democrats agreed Monday to support a temporary funding bill to end a partial shutdown of the federal government, now in its third day, as a key vote began in the Senate. [...]
Will a federal government shutdown damage the US economy?
The Lincoln Monument was a casualty of the last shutdown, in 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University The federal government shut down for the [...]
U.S. government shuts down amid Senate stalemate over DACA
by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Jan. 19, 2018 The U.S. government shut down early Saturday morning after Congress and the president could not come to an agreement on [...]