Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...

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

Schumer and Gillibrand together supported a dozen of the Long Island congressmen’s requests and cosponsored two of them, and ...

The Senate is finding itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare ...

Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a ...

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

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

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the ...

After a 54-46 vote, the measure now heads to Trump to sign into law hours before government funding was set to lapse.

The government funding bill that’s headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...