The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced late on Thursday that he would support the legislation, but that did little to quell the opposition against the bill, as more senators came out to oppose ...

Anger was rising in the Democratic ranks Saturday after the party's top US senator led a band of lawmakers in reluctant ...

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a ...

Senate Democrats, fearful of what Trump might do during a shutdown, voted in sufficient numbers to pass the GOP continuing resolution.

The DSCC stepped up its fundraising to “stop” Trump and Elon Musk, but Minority Leader Schumer, DSCC Chair Gillibrand, and ...

Washington has now averted a government shutdown after an up-and-down week saw House Republicans offering a united front and resistant Democrats cornered.

A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate ...

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald Trump to be ...

Ten Senate Democrats helped Republicans advance a GOP-crafted stopgap spending bill, paving the way for it to pass ahead of the midnight deadline despite concerns from scores of their colleagues.

One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...