As the shutdown continues, lawmakers are seeking alternate legislation to fund the government temporarily to keep up with the worries on food benefits, missed paychecks and lost services during the s...

The Senate votes today, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 on the Shutdown Fairness Act 2025, a GOP-backed bill that would pay federal employees who are working during the government shutdown 2025, with Republic...

Republicans and Democrats wouldn't back each other's proposals, leaving the Senate still deadlocked on any solution to open the government.