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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is among the architects of the deal.

Deal to end government shutdown advances in Senate

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he has no intention of negotiating with Democrats until the shutdown ends.

Shutdown stalemate

Vice President JD Vance, at podium; Senate Majority Leader John Thune, right; Speaker Mike Johnson, second from left; and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought conduct a news conference after a meeting with President Donald Trump and top Democratic leaders at the White House on Monday.

No deal in sight as shutdown nears

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hold a media availability in the Capitol on Feb. 4.

Trump puts kibosh on shutdown meeting with Democratic leaders

Sen. Lisa Murkowski is seeking a middle ground in the battle to extend expiring health subsidies.

Health subsidies standoff

From left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk before the start of a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Wednesday.

Partisan stopgap funding bills fall short in Senate

House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole favors a short-term funding extension while the White House pushes for a longer one.

Search for an endgame

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., seen here on May 20, was among the final holdouts on a key procedural vote.

Senate votes to take up ‘big, beautiful’ revised budget bill

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives at the Cannon House Office Building to meet with Republican members of the House Budget Committee before a markup Sunday.

House Budget panel approves reconciliation package on second try

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walks through the Senate Reception Room in the Capitol on March 11.

Senate Republicans get ready to roll on revised budget

Flyers demanding Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., vote against the continuing resolution are taped to the Capitol South Metro station in Washington on Friday morning.

Trump signs stopgap spending measure, averting shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson, right, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on the morning of the budget resolution vote on Tuesday.

GOP budget adopted in House after late arm-twisting

The Capitol dome is lit as the Senate votes on amendments throughout the night Thursday.

Senate plows through overnight budget ‘vote-a-rama’

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas,
a leader of the Freedom Caucus, boycotted a GOP policy retreat and made clear his opposition to a preliminary budget plan.

House GOP in a quandary

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, center, speaks during Senate Democrats’ news conference Tuesday on the Trump administration’s spending freeze on federal assistance. Also seen are, from left, Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota, Patty Murray of Washington and Andy Kim of New Jersey.

Funding freeze turmoil

Elon Musk is seen on a television during a watch party for the second inauguration of President Donald Trump at Union Pub on Capitol Hill on Monday.

‘DOGE’ to have its day — in court

Speaker Mike Johnson, center, appears in the House chamber on Friday with vote flippers Ralph Norman, second from right, center, and Keith Self, far right, who were critical to his election.

GOP’s fragile majority

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on New Year's Eve at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump open to two-step budget plan despite earlier comments

Speaker Mike Johnson, arriving in the House chamber after winning the gavel for the 119th Congress on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Quick action planned for ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

No shutdown: Biden signs three-month stopgap funding bill