Congressional leaders reach deal to avoid a government shutdown before election Congress is returning to Washington with a nailbiter of an election hovering and an even more pressing task.
WASHINGTON—The House and Senate passed a measure late Wednesday funding federal agencies until late December, voting overwhelmingly to take a politically risky governmentshutdown off the table ...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Congress appeared to have averted a governmentshutdown Wednesday evening, as both the House and Senate passed short-term budget legislation funding federal programs into the ...