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News Articles: government shutdown

A six-month spending bill advanced in the Senate after Democrats split on the bill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shumer, D-NY, announced Thursday that he would back the bill, creating an opportunity for others to follow and vote to avoid a shutdown, despite their own misgivings about the bill.

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  • Politics

Senate passes spending bill to avoid a government shutdown

The Senate voted 54 to 46 to approve a spending bill to fund the government through the end of September.

March 14, 2025
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By:
  • Lexie Schapitl,
  • Barbara Sprunt,
  • and 2 more
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 11: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference following a policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Schumer answered a range of questions during the press conference. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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  • Politics

Senate Democrats signal plans to advance GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, said he plans to vote for a Republican bill to fund the government through September, paving the way for other Democrats to join him.

March 13, 2025
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh,
  • Claudia Grisales,
  • and 1 more
A stop sign is seen near the White House during a government shutdown in Washington in December 2018.

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  • Politics

What happens if Congress doesn't fund the government?

If lawmakers can't reach a deal to avoid a shutdown, many federal workers would be furloughed, while essential functions like Social Security payments would continue.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
Holiday travelers wait in line to check their bags at the JetBlue terminal at Boston's Logan Airport on Friday.

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  • National

What a government shutdown could mean for your holiday travel plans

Millions of Americans are planning to travel in the coming days. Here's what a potential government shutdown could mean for flying, driving and more — and what you can do to prepare.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Congressional leaders struck an agreement to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown. The deal still needs to get through Congress, where it is likely to face opposition from conservatives.

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  • Politics

Congressional leaders reach a deal to fund the government, avert a shutdown

The deal — which has yet to pass Congress — adheres to the spending levels agreed to by President Biden and former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in a deal last summer.

January 08, 2024
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel

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  • News

Government workers prepare to work without pay as possible shutdown looms

Thousands of Georgians may have to work without getting a paycheck if Congress cannot reach a budget deal by Friday.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is running for speaker of the House, a race that will have a significant impact on the future of the Republican Party and the governing ability of Congress.

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  • Politics

Fate of House GOP leadership throws Congress into chaos

House Republicans are scrambling to coalesce around a small number of candidates to be Speaker of the House but the path to electing someone is unclear.

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales,
  • Deirdre Walsh,
  • and 1 more
A stoplight is seen in front of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The government has begun to inform workers of an impending shutdown that could see millions of federal employees and military personnel sent home or working without pay.

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  • Politics

D.C. has a lot of federal workers. A government shutdown would have big impacts

The Washington, D.C., region is home to about 400,000 federal employees, plus members of the military and government contractors. In a government shutdown, they face no pay and lots of uncertainty.

September 30, 2023
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By:
  • Margaret Barthel
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short-term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown.

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  • Politics

House GOP hardliners block spending stopgap with shutdown looming

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to keep agencies funded through November 17 and instead moved a GOP bill that linked another month of spending with border security.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California who was first elected in 1992, died Thursday at the age of 90.

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  • Politics

From California to Capitol Hill, tributes to Dianne Feinstein flood in after her death

Leaders in the House and the Senate paused from the race to avert a government shutdown to remember Feinstein, the California Democrat who was longest-serving woman to ever sit in the U.S. Senate.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
U.S. Army soldiers march in a parade as part of the 75th South Korea Armed Forces Day ceremony in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday.

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  • Economy

What a government shutdown would mean for the U.S. military — and national security

Service members would work without pay, and many civil servants are likely to be furloughed. Congress has yet to pass a separate bill to guarantee military pay as it did in previous shutdowns.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Sept. 30, meaning many federal government services will halt until funding resumes.

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  • Politics

What closes and what keeps running in a federal government shutdown

A government shutdown is looming but not every federal office will close completely. Some critical services will continue as employees work without pay.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo,
  • Tom Bowman,
  • and 1 more
President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend.

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  • Politics

The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown

Jeff Zients has been getting the White House prepared for the first government shutdown of the Biden administration. Here's what the chief of staff told NPR about it.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
The Capitol is seen late Tuesday night, Sept. 26, 2023, in Washington, as lawmakers work to advance appropriations bills on the House floor. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown.

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  • News

What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student loans and travel impacts, explained

If a shutdown happens, millions of federal employees will be furloughed and many others will be forced to work without pay until it ends. A handful of federal programs that people nationwide rely on everyday could also be disrupted — from dwindling funds for food assistance to potential delays in customer service for recipients of Medicare and Social Security.

September 28, 2023
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By:
  • Associated Press
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus could force a federal government shutdown Oct. 1. The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and prevention would be affected.

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  • Health

What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?

Medicare and Medicaid are mandatory spending programs and that keeps them relatively safe in the early days of the shutdown, but 42% of the Department of Health's staff will be furloughed.

September 27, 2023
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By:
  • Julie Rovner
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