If you've been a government employee for more than month, you know what a shutdown is, and if you haven't just wait.
The House passed a six-week extension for civilian agencies and full-year appropriations for the Defense Department. The Senate is nearing a two-year spending cap deal.
With new legislation, Americans could find it more difficult to know the calorie counts of some items on restaurant menus.
Here we are, barely three weeks after the last shutdown, and already staring down the next. What do you think will happen this time?
Congress probably won't have enough time to pass a budget before this Thursday's deadline. But what will happen?
A fifth continuing resolution this fiscal year doesn't bode well for members of the local federal contracting community, which told House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) the previous four CRs have already cost them time, money and talent.
Bloomberg Government's Loren Duggan outlines for Federal Drive with Tom Temin what may happen in Congress under the CR in the next three weeks.
Federal Drive Host Tom Temin and Executive Editor Jason Miller discuss the recent government shutdown and the chances of it happening again in a few weeks.
Federal agencies and leadership take to apps such as Facebook and Twitter to remind public and employees that they're open for business
The president signed a three-week continuing resolution until law, that reopens the government and keeps it open until at least Feb. 8.
Bloomberg Government's Loren Duggan outlines the issues keeping Congress from passing a CR, budget.
The government is still closed and some federal employees are furloughed. Nicole Ogrysko explains what federal employees could expect today.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls for cloture vote on a bill to reopen the government through Feb. 8.
Want a sure fire way to tell a friend, neighbor or coworkers politics? Just ask him, or her, who caused the government shutdown.
The Senate could only muster 50 votes, not 60, to invoke cloture to end debate on the continuing resolution to keep the government open.