Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we reflect on the just-ended Department of Homeland Security funding impasse, we face a familiar problem. Such shutdowns occur ...

Senators are not thrilled with a top White House official's comments that the government funding process should become more partisan, and fear that doing so could erode Congress’ power of the purse.

(The Center Square) – With the U.S. Senate sending a roughly $180 billion funding package to the president’s desk Thursday, Congress has now knocked out half of the annual appropriations bills funding ...

The House Republican leadership’s proposal for a $95 billion budget reconciliation package —which would include $73 billion ...

A handful of farm policy lobbyists say the debate to fund the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration could offer them insight into how the politics of Capitol Hill might shape the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) praised the House Appropriations Committee for following the Science Committee’s lead in pushing for a doubling of the ...

As we reflect on the just-ended Department of Homeland Security funding impasse, we face a familiar problem. Such shutdowns occur because Congress struggles to assemble 60 votes in the Senate to pass ...