Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee. In contrast, Schumer picked up one unexpected nod of ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown ...

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 ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending 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 government funding bill that's headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...

In a stunning move, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the bill, ...

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...