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

The Maryland senator is hoping Democrats can push through their own spending bill that helps the city avoid large budget cuts that would also affect her state.

Rep. Thomas Massie is the sort of guy who drives the wrong way down a one-way street simply because he wants to. This time ...

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led government funding ...

With a government funding deadline looming, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has reversed course on the temporary spending bill passed earlier in the week by House Republicans. He says he will now ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York broke with his party Thursday and lined up enough Democrats to advance a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a Friday night deadline.

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

Colorado’s two U.S. senators, Democrats Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both say they intend to vote no on a Republican-drafted spending bill as the federal government lurches toward ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being encouraged to mount a primary challenge to the Senate 's top Democrat after he agreed to ...

House Democrats are furious at their fellow Democrats in the Senate for supporting a Republican spending bill, saying Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other aisle-hopping senators are ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their ...

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...