The west Michigan Republican is introducing a bipartisan bill to tie return to appropriations order with congressional pay.

Republican fiscal hawks in Congress are making a new pitch in the struggle to end the longest government shutdown in U.S.

“Every day that passes, we have less time to fund the government,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) told reporters last week. The longer the shutdown lasts, he said, “it’s going to ...

In the wake of setting the record for longest-ever shutdown, some organizations are turning the conversation toward the need ...

If the ongoing government shutdown extends into Saturday — and there is every indication that it will — funding will lapse ...

A bipartisan bill would withhold pay from members of Congress if they fail to pass a budget on time. Congress has not passed all required spending bills on time since 1996. Due to the 27th Amendment, ...