Whichever party wins control of the House and Senate will get to decide how to handle a slew of consequential policy matters.

The outcome is, for now, uncertain. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., heads to the chamber as Congress prepares for votes on an interim spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, Sept.

Every Democrat representative voted yes for the legislation, which includes $231 million in funding for the Secret Service.

And while September is "government shutdown season" on Capitol Hill ... plan likely hinges on which party controls the House and Senate next year, as well as who won the White House.

“American families can rest assured now that their lives won’t be needlessly upended due to an unnecessary government shutdown,” Schumer said. The Senate will first vote midday Wednesday on ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill face major deadlines and key issues on their to-do list after the November elections, including ...

Funding for the government runs out at the ... will know that the responsibility of a shutdown will be on the House Republicans’ hands,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and ...

Funding for roughly 30% of the federal government ... now goes to the US Senate, where leaders have vowed to back the measure "with time to spare". But the threat of shutdown looms over Congress ...

Democrats on Wednesday again helped Republicans get a short-term government funding bill over the finish line to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the ... Later Wednesday, the Senate passed ...

News Wrap: Government shutdown averted as Biden ... $1.2 trillion funding package overnight, ending partial shutdown threat The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the ...

By Adeola Badru The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed displeasure against the University of ...