I see a lot of signs out there — not one additional dime for ICE in this budget,” CT U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said.

Lawmakers’ work is far from over, however. Congress has until Jan. 30 to pass the remaining six appropriations bills or else ...

In November 2025, following the longest government shutdown in modern history, Congress enacted three of the 12 ...

Senate Democrats wanted an equal say in crafting spending bills before the shutdown and are about to get a chance to do so, but they’re unlikely to support Republicans' latest effort to jump-start the ...

The Senate passed its first package of fiscal 2026 spending bills Friday, making up for lost time in the long-delayed appropriations process before preparing to head out of town for a monthlong August ...

Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. In a press call hosted by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and the House Freedom Caucus, Republican members of ...

For most of American history, government shutdowns didn’t exist — they are a relatively recent phenomenon born of broken budget procedures and a broken political environment. Shutdowns as we know them ...

Senate Republicans are grappling with President Donald Trump’s move to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding and what the ramifications could be on the looming deadline to fund the government.

A bipartisan bill would withhold pay from members of Congress if they fail to pass a budget on time. Congress has not passed all required spending bills on time since 1996. Due to the 27th Amendment, ...