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

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to ...

Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by Friday ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

The House of Representatives passed a spending bill Tuesday to fund the government through the end of September and avert a ...

Lawmakers are battling time as they seek to pass legislation that will fund the government and avert a possible shutdown set ...

The spending bill will provide for an increase in defense spending, a decrease in non-defense spending, and an additional $6 ...

While conservative House Republicans have in the past dug in and opposed such spending bills, forcing Mr. Johnson to rely on ...

Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump ...

Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down on Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted ...