Washington braces for steeper layoffs

Washington has averted a government shutdown
Washington is now fully set to avert a government shutdown after an up and down week that saw House Republicans offering a ...
Potential government shutdown approaches as March 14 deadline looms. Here's what to know.
Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.
Here Are the Senate Democrats Who Helped Republicans Avert a Shutdown
Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...
Senate budget vote to avoid shutdown could devastate residents in Washington, DC
Washington, D.C., is in budget limbo ahead of budget cuts on Capitol Hill as the Senate prepares to vote on funding to keep ...
Democrats confront limits of their minority power after bruising shutdown vote
Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...
In Averting a Shutdown, Schumer Ignites a Rebellion
In helping averti a shutdown, Chuck Schumer has ignited a rebellion within his own party, writes Philip Elliott in The D.C.
Schumer, facing backlash for not forcing a shutdown, says he’ll take ‘the bullets’
The five-term senator shrugged off the prospect of a primary challenge that could cost him his job and said he was doing the right thing.
Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending ...