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.

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.

Donald Trump urges party to take a hard line on election security in negotiations with Democrats.

The U.S. House, including 14 Republicans, voted down a six-month GOP government funding plan Wednesday, as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., tries to avert a shutdown at the end of the month.

A bill to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of this month failed along bipartisan lines on Wednesday.

The House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to keep the government funded on Wednesday, with a small group of Republicans joining Democrats to oppose the measure and sending lawmakers scrambling for a backup plan with less than two weeks until a possible government shutdown.