House Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the House out of session since Sept. 19, and the unfinished work is piling up as the shutdown drags into its sixth week.

The building strain on lawmakers to end the impasse was exemplified by the nation's largest federal employee union calling on Congress to immediately pass a funding bill and end the shutdown.

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House — not for urgent talks on how to end it, but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as t

Republican lawmakers called for the preservation of the CDFI Fund, which helps provide loans to low-income and underserved populations.

A split Michigan Court of Appeals on Monday said the Republican-led House of Representatives had a clear duty to present nine Michigan House bills passed during last year’s lame duck session for Gov.

Speaker Matt Hall has been criticizing a Senate plan to require 10 days between when earmarks are disclosed and when they're voted on.

Two-thirds of Kansas Senators signed a petition to call a special session to gerrymander Kansas. The House hasn't made a similar announcement, yet.

A national organization committed to supporting Democratic Pro-Choice Women has offered its endorsement to six lawmakers seeking reelection in 2026 and one aiming to challenge a sitting Republican senator.

Johnson said he will encourage Senate Majority Leader John Thune to bring his bill back up for another vote with the compromise amendment if the Senate fails to pass the House's continuing resolution to reopen the government.