Government Shutdown
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Bloomberg Government's Loren Duggan outlines the issues keeping Congress from passing a CR, budget.
January 22, 2018 -
The government is still closed and some federal employees are furloughed. Nicole Ogrysko explains what federal employees could expect today.
January 22, 2018 -
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls for cloture vote on a bill to reopen the government through Feb. 8.
January 21, 2018 -
The Defense Department says TRICARE will continue to operate, but it's expecting a few issues.
January 21, 2018 -
Several other members have asked the chief administrative officer to withhold their congressional salaries during the government shutdown or have said they'll donate pay to charity.
January 21, 2018 -
OMB issued a memo Saturday directing agencies to conduct an orderly shutdown.
January 20, 2018 -
The Senate could only muster 50 votes, not 60, to invoke cloture to end debate on the continuing resolution to keep the government open.
January 20, 2018 -
Among the differences this year: some commissaries could remain open, travel polices get more restrictive.
January 19, 2018 -
Continuing resolutions temporarily evade shutdowns, but they may also hurt the Department of Defense’s readiness long-term.
January 19, 2018 -
With the deadline to avert a government shutdown coming down to the wire, several major agencies have announced their plans to stay open, even if Congress fails to pass to a stopgap spending bill.
January 19, 2018 -
800,000 federal furloughs, 800,000 DACA workers unresolved. There has to be a better solution.
January 19, 2018 -
No cable, canceled field trips and other unexpected results of a government shutdown.
January 19, 2018 -
The Office of Management and Budget told agencies to begin sending employees informal notices about their work status by the end of Friday. Formal notices detailing their "excepted" or "furloughed" status should come over the weekend and into Monday.
January 19, 2018 -
Several industry organizations have resource centers to help industry prepare for a government shutdown.
January 19, 2018 -
Though the Office of Management and Budget Friday morning said the president is "actively working to prevent a shutdown," OMB Director Mick Mulvaney said that if it happens, a government shutdown will look much different than the 16-day lapse in 2013 during the Obama administration.
January 19, 2018