The budget reconciliation process stands as President Donald Trump’s and congressional Republicans’ best—and likely only—hope to pass their agenda through Congress. While this policymaking mechanism ...

The House has approved President Trump’s request to claw back billions of dollars already appropriated for things like foreign aid and public media. That request now goes to the Senate, which will ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress returns on Tuesday with less than a month left to perform one of its core functions - keeping federal agencies funded and averting a partial government ...

Republicans in Congress have been making behind-the-scenes efforts to pass major domestic legislation via the federal budget process. They include potential cuts to Medicaid and extending the 2017 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans will test the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 ...

BALTIMORE -- Pleas were made in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, explaining why funding for Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge reconstruction and Small Business ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time lawmakers and the president are able to head it off. This time, however, ...