The last time Congress tried to fund the government to prevent a federal shutdown, it cost House Speaker Kevin McCarthy his job. Video above: Get The Facts: What is a government shutdown?

Read more about how a government shutdown could affect Thanksgiving travel. The last government shutdown lasted 34 days from December 2018 into January 2019. President Donald Trump wanted funding ...

Bipartisan negotiations began in earnest shortly after a failed vote last week in… Temporary government funding bill fails in House vote, next steps to avoid shutdown unclear The House on ...

The last government shutdown, which had the distinction of being the lengthiest in American history, and the growing likelihood of yet another one later this month, have precipitated a flurry of ...

Government shutdown averted: Senate approves 47-day stopgap bill. In a last-minute effort to prevent a government shutdown, President Joe Biden signed into a law a stopgap measure that funds the ...

Government funding ends on September 30 ... The challenge is also to predict how long a shutdown will last. Many observers note that this kind of “governing by crisis,” as President Barack ...

When would a shutdown begin and how long will it last? Government funding expires Oct. 1, the start of the federal fiscal year. A shutdown will effectively begin at 12:01 a.m. if Congress is not ...

Plans to abolish the U.S. Department of Education—a key part of President-elect Donald Trump’s platform and a priority for ...

When the last federal government shutdown ended in 2019, the S&P 500 went on to return almost 24% over the next 12 months. There are probably plenty of market participants who would take that deal ...

A government shutdown, which would place tens of thousands ... Mr McCarthy admitted that the last-minute agreement was not the route he wanted to take, telling reporters that he had "tried to ...

A government shutdown was narrowly avoided when the deadline ... What Is A Stopgap Bill? How Long Will It Last? A stopgap measure is a temporary substitute until something can replace it.

For the third time in less than six months, a looming government shutdown is getting a lot of attention. After a long delay amid the COVID-19 pandemic, student loan repayments resumed in the fall.