WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

Senate Democrats voted to avoid a shutdown but at the cost of throwing their House counterparts under the bus and enabling ...

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the ...

Schumer has defended his vote to keep the government running as the best of two bad choices aimed at not ceding Trump and ...

The legislation would apparently shield the D.C. government from a billion-dollar cut, but it would still need to be approved ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending ...

"This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's about-face on Republican's spending bill. After announcing that he be a no vote on the ...

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...

The Senate passed the bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it ...

The GOP-controlled Senate will press forward with a procedural vote to advance a stopgap funding bill to avert a government ...