The bipartisan bills would reverse Trump administration funding cuts to agencies like the National Science Foundation and the National Park Service. They also include language to more forcefully assert the spending authority of Congress amid recent pushes by the White House to override lawmakers' allocations.

Congress unveils more than $174 billion spending bill to avoid government shutdown by Jan. 30 deadline, with House vote expected this week on the bipartisan legislation.

Congress is less than a month away from another potential government shutdown, and pressure is mounting on Democratic leaders to have another showdown with President Trump over health care costs

The U.S. economy, meanwhile, is bound to continue to feel the lasting effects of the recently concluded shutdown even as another could be coming. The economy probably slowed in the final three months of 2025, partly because of the damage caused by the shutdown, as MarketWatch has previously reported.

When Congress ended the longest government shutdown in history last month, lawmakers only approved federal funding through the end of January.

S.D., develops contingency plans for government funding as lawmakers work to pass five-bill spending package and remaining funding bills before Jan. 30.

Congress will have to reach another agreement to avoid a government shutdown in early 2026. That could prove a challenge with midterms coming up.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) avoided a question about whether he would support another government shutdown at the end of this month. Congress made history at the end of last year by shutting the government down for the longest period in history,