A so-called "shutdown" occurs when the House fails to pass one or more of the appropriations bills to fund the government before the deadline.

A bipartisan funding package was unveiled Tuesday, as lawmakers seek to avoid another shutdown.

Some Senate Democrats who had supported reopening US agencies after last fall’s record closure are vowing to vote no this time.

Is another government shutdown in January imminent? Here's the latest as the House streams live today to pass bills to avert another shutdown.

The House passed the latest bipartisan funding package Wednesday, moving one step closer to fully funding the government through September

Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are in crunch time. So far, Congress has passed six of the 12 appropriations bills needed to fund the government. The House last week passed an additional two-bill package known as a minibus that would fund the State Department and the Treasury Department.

The House of Representatives passed four funding bills on Thursday to avert another federal government shutdown ahead of the Jan. 30 deadline.