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The House and Senate are both floundering on their efforts to pass funding bills past Sept. 30.

Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), a former GOP deputy whip, took aim Tuesday at the spending fight that is dividing the Republican conference and threatening to shut down the government. “I think eventually we do get there,” he said at a Politico event when asked if Congress will avoid a government shutdown. “But as I’ve said a couple…

A split among House Republicans could lead to a shutdown and the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg report

Government funding is set to expire on midnight next Saturday, will House Republicans and Democrats come up with a deal within the next ten days?

Some House GOP members are saying they can't support a short-term bill to avert a government shutdown, including Rep. Victoria Spartz.

The House delayed a procedural vote on a stopgap spending measure as GOP leaders consider changes to the bill in a bid to get hard-line conservatives on board with the legislation.

He plans to hold a vote on a Department of Defense spending bill on Wednesday, then the stopgap funding measure the next day.

The House Freedom Caucus and Republican Main Street Caucus reach agreement to cut spending and secure the boarder.

Republican leaders of the pragmatic House Main Street Caucus — which includes Utah Rep. John Curtis — and the hardline House Freedom Caucus negotiated a deal on Sunday in an attempt to avoid a government shutdown. The deal includes a small decrease in federal spending paired with new border security policies in return for 30 days of continued government funding beyond the Sept. 30 expiration. Such a stopgap funding measure is considered a necessary step to give House Republicans ...

The 31-day continuing resolution would keep defense and veteran affairs funding at fiscal 2023 levels while other domestic agencies receive an 8% cut.