But in these shutdown standoffs, it can still be a lifetime. I think a lot of times leadership likes to prove they exhausted every option before the most realistic one has to pass.

Well, now that Congress has averted a government shutdown, a new fight is underway at the Capitol - an attempt to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding the alarm about the damage a government shutdown could do to the U.S. economy. "It's really reckless and will impose immediate harm," Yellen told NPR.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., about the House GOP caucus and the Dec. 20 stopgap funding vote. For more on last night's vote to avoid a government shutdown, we're joined ...

Getting ahead of the shutdown was better politically for those vulnerable members. Remember, he only has a four-seat majority in the House, and he wants to keep it in the next election.

Lawmakers have another self-imposed shutdown deadline on Friday, which is likely to result in one of two things - a shutdown or another continuation of the spending plans authorized a very long ...

And we're going to turn to the U.S. now, where another temporary spending deal is being prepared to avoid the partial government shutdown that was looming at the end of this week. But some House ...

Federal funding runs out in 10 days and Congress has made virtually no progress on a plan to avoid a shutdown. The federal government is set to run out of funds in just 10 days. That means there ...

I've watched shutdown after shutdown, everybody loses." House Republicans spent the weekend setting up a plan to hold votes on several of the 12 annual funding bills that include deep spending cuts.