Senators sound alarm over looming budget, shutdown battles

Senators sound alarm over looming budget, shutdown battles-thehill: Alarm bells are starting to go off on Capitol Hill over a looming fight to fund the government and prevent a shutdown later this year. Though Congress has until the end of September to pass legislation preventing another funding lapse, lawmakers are sending up warning signs to their colleagues and the White House that they are heading toward a fall train wreck, with deadlines for raising the debt ceiling and preventing across-the-board budget cuts and the second shutdown of the year all in the same month.