"The Democrats' vote is a face-saving measure with no real hope of accomplishing anything," writes one reader. Another writes ...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end Wednesday night after 43 days. House Republicans and ...

A handful of Democratic Senators broke rank with their party to join Republicans in passing a package to reopen the ...

An end to the government shutdown would restore full funding for Hoosiers on SNAP and provide backpay to federal workers.

The government shutdown is one step closer to ending after the House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s short-term funding ...

The Senate approved a deal to end the nation's longest-ever government shutdown, putting Congress on the brink of resolving a ...

Members of the House from Illinois voted along party lines as Congress passed a government funding package to end the ...

Angus King, Jeanne Shaheen, and Maggie Hassan all were New England governors used to the art of compromise and dealmaking.

The Senate's vote to reopen the government is a dangerous deal that jeopardizes the healthcare of millions of Americans.

The Senate inserted some provisions into the continuing resolution intended to end the federal government shutdown.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was "angry" when he learned of the provision in the bill to reopen the government and that ...

The bipartisan agreement would fully reopen the federal government until Jan. 30. It includes no guarantees to renew a ...