A government shutdown was set to happen at the end of the day Friday. As the clock ticked, Senate Democrats were in an unenviable position. They were forced to choose between a GOP bill that ...

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

The Senate voted to avoid a government shutdown less than nine hours before the deadline, leaving Democrats divided and pointing fingers.

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

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

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

Senate Democrats scored a minor victory with a fix to deep cuts to the District’s budget after ceding the broader government ...

The quotes from House Democrats since Thursday sound a lot like what readers have gotten used to from House Republicans over ...

To shut down or not to shut down? That is the question – and it’s one that’s caused Democrats a tremendous amount of ...

The government funding bill that's headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax dollars. The Senate-passed measure aims to fix that.

The Senate minority leader came under heavy fire for the second straight day from Democrats enraged at him for backing a ...