Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led ...

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

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

The New York congresswoman said it was "unthinkable" for Senate Democrats to hand away leverage on Medicare, Medicaid and ...

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling ...

The party had been torn between pushing back against President Trump and triggering a shutdown with unknown consequences.

"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse ...

The Senate is working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare as Democrats confront two painful ...

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...