Q&A: Why Is a Government Shutdown Looming and What Happens Next? With days to go until the government runs out of money on Saturday, lawmakers are working to strike a deal to keep the government funded. Here's what a government shutdown would mean, and how it could be avoided.

Congress Returns To Work As Deadline Looms To Avert Government Shutdown The federal government’s funding is set to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.

Hill negotiators hope to avoid government shutdown

House avoids government shutdown with hours to spare

Federal agencies roll out new plans for a government shutdown: See you in December? Even as news late Friday of House Speaker John A. Boehner’s resignation dimmed the likelihood of a government shutdown on Oct. 1, federal agencies put out their contingency plans for a closure anyway.

In a government shutdown, these are the people who won’t get paid — and they can least afford it If Congress fails to approve a funding bill by next week, the resulting partial government shutdown would hit lower-wage federal contractors, like those who clean federal buildings and work in the cafeterias, the hardest.

5 Founders on How a Government Shutdown Will Bring a World of Hurt (Again) Here's how small business owners are girding for another government shutdown, just two years after the last one.

GOP, spare us another foolish government shutdown A mere two years after futilely shutting down much of the federal government in a doomed-from-the-start effort to defund Obamacare, congressional Republicans appear determined to force another shutdown.

Janet Yellen Warns Against Government Shutdown Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Thursday called on Congress to fund the government, warning that a government shutdown would jeopardize the country’s economic health.

Janet Yellen Warns Against Government Shutdown Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Thursday called on Congress to fund the government, warning that a government shutdown would jeopardize the country’s economic health. Yellen also cautioned against