Topic
Government Shutdown
Why Some Federal Agencies Never Close During a Shutdown
A government shutdown doesn't switch off the federal government. It switches off only the parts Congress funds one year at a time.
Congress Beat the Shutdown Deadline. It Still Hasn't Passed a Budget.
The House and Senate funded the government a month early this year, but the fix was the same one Congress has used 141 times since 1998: a continuing resolution, not a budget.
Continuing Resolution vs. Omnibus Bill, Explained
A stopgap isn't a budget. Here's the mechanical difference between the funding patch the Senate just passed and the appropriations fight still unresolved behind it.
The Antideficiency Act, Explained: The Law Behind Every Shutdown
A 155-year-old law, not politics, is what actually forces agencies to furlough workers the moment government funding lapses.