Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, though leaders in the Republican House and Democratic Senate haven’t felt the need to start negotiations just yet.

Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, although leaders in the Republican House and Democratic Senate haven’t felt the need to start negotiations just yet.

With just one week left in the session before Congress departs for a six-week election break, there’s not much time for leaders to find consensus, draft a bill, hold votes in both chambers and secure President Joe Biden’s signature.

A potential government shutdown has yet to be averted. And on Wednesday evening, a six-month funding extension failed to get through the House.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that he will act later in the day to advance a bipartisan government funding bill after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) failed to pass

The Senate will advance a bipartisan stopgap government funding bill on Thursday after efforts to pass a similar measure in the Republican-controlled House fell apart, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced.

The U.S. Senate will prepare stopgap spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday, as House Republicans offered no hint as to what their next move would be.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed the Senate will "step in" to pass a funding bill to avoid a "Trump" shut down. His remarks come after the House failed to pass Speaker Mike Johnson's continuing resolution.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Thursday set up a vote on a stopgap bill in his chamber following the failed attempt to pass a government funding patch out of the House.