The government shutdown has reached Day 27, and President Trump is away this week. Will the Senate vote today on shutdown? What time? What to know.

The federal government remains closed Monday, Oct. 20, amid a bitter battle on Capitol Hill. See when Senate returns today, vote time and more.

The Senate votes today, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, on two congressional spending bills as the government shutdown 2025 continues into Day 8 amid a bitter battle on Capitol Hill as President Donald Trump ...

WASHINGTON — A C-SPAN caller made an emotional plea to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday to end the government shutdown, saying that “my kids could die” if she can’t afford their ...

C-SPAN callers pleaded with Mike Johnson to reverse course on the shutdown—and just about everything else. He didn’t listen. House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared on C-SPAN’s morning call-in program on ...

The last time a sitting House speaker fielded live, on-air questions from C-SPAN callers was way back in 2001, when then-Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., appeared on the network. Nearly a quarter of a ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday said the onus for the looming lapse in military pay falls squarely on Democrats for their refusal to support a GOP spending package. In a rare C-SPAN ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! The Role of the Speaker of the House of Representatives This lesson examines the ten times that siting U.S. Speakers of the House have appeared on ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson shared tense exchanges with callers during a rare live C-SPAN appearance Thursday, including one with a military spouse who warned that “my kids could die” over his refusal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tours at the Capitol have come to a standstill. The House is keeping its doors closed, while the Senate repeated its loop Wednesday of failed votes to reopen the government.

(CNN) — Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military. It’s the most dramatic ...