The Latest Breaking News from Russell Vought

U.S. science always suffers during government shutdowns. Funding lapses send government scientists home without pay. Federal agencies suspend new grant opportunities, place expert review panels on hold, and stop collecting and analyzing critical public datasets that tell us about the economy, the environment and public health.

The federal workers’ union said the Senate needs to pass a clean continuing resolution. Republicans say Democrats ‘need to listen to the unions, and that's not a sentence I say very often’

Anxiety and economic stress among federal employees as Republicans and Democrats remain deadlocked on bill

One Republican senator suggests Republicans change the filibuster to reopen the government