By a matter of minutes, the federal government averted yet another shutdown. Fingers are again being pointed to determine ...

There are 12 appropriations bills that must pass each year and since members of Congress are sharply divided, this is ...

Trump stopped short of pronouncing the law unconstitutional as TikTok has argued. But he expressed deep reservations with the ...

Government offices and economic analysts found that previous full and partial government shutdowns cost the U.S. multiple ...

Question: What happens to federal employees during a shutdown? Answer: Well, despite the last-minute hysterics, Congress managed to avoid playing the Grinch by averting a government shutdown over ...

Congressional Research Service, Economic Effects of Government Shutdowns, Sept. 22, 2023 Congressional Research Service, Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects ...

Although federal workers are paid retroactively ... including a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the five-week partial government shutdown in 2018-19 reduced economic output by $ ...

As Congress headed toward a potential pre-Christmas shutdown, some lawmakers warned that closing the government would not save taxpayer money.Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., criticized a push for mass ...