As government shutdown looms, ... Congress and the U.S. Senate reconvened last week, with Republican Speaker Mike Johnson tying the "SAVE Act" to a stopgap spending measure.

A potential government shutdown has not yet been avoided. Leaders in Washington, D.C. will have to try again after a six-month funding extension failed to get through the House on Wednesday. The ...

Trump Calls for Government Shutdown Unless Congress Makes It Harder for Americans to Vote. ... who is demanding the government be shut down if the SAVE act doesn’t pass. ...

The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Wednesday, avoiding a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and allowing lawmakers up for re-election to head home early to campaign ...

Government shutdown looms as Speaker Johnson heads back to drawing board on spending bill 03:38. Washington — The House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to keep the government funded on ...

Congress back in session as a government shutdown looms 03:34. Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Tuesday that the House will move forward with a plan to vote on a partisan ...

Trump has ramped up his demands as House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, scramble to avert a government shutdown before the September 30 deadline.

But the absence of the SAVE Act could prompt several Republicans in both the House and Senate to reject the stopgap measure. Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Republicans to ...

The spending bill, which failed 220-202, would have funded the government at current levels until March 28, 2025, and would have mandated proof-of-citizenship nationwide when registering to vote.

In essence, Trump asked Republicans to threaten a government shutdown over the provision. Yet when the continuing resolution with the SAVE Act came up for a vote last week, it failed, with 14 ...

Republicans threaten a government shutdown unless Congress makes it ... September 9 and has been updated to note Trump’s demand that a bill funding the government must include the SAVE Act.

That, she wrote, would force a government shutdown on Oct. 1, "because Biden and Schumer both said they will shutdown the government as they are that adamant against the SAVE Act." ...