Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats had a choice: shut the government down or consent to a Republican funding bill that ...

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he would support advancing the House-passed continuing resolution, but he also wants, D.C.’s, local budget restored if cuts are made in the ...

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

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed the House but failed to slap any limits on ...

House Democratic leadership is slated to hold a press conference as their counterparts in the Senate face down a nail-biter vote on government funding. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and ...

Pelosi criticizes Schumer-backed funding bill, urging Senate Democrats to reject the GOP plan and push for a four-week extension. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and ...

If the Senate fails to pass a stopgap funding bill by tonight, the federal government shuts down for lack of money. Here's what will keep going.

With thousands of federal workers either fired, placed on administrative leave, or at immediate risk of losing their jobs, ...

At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the measure to clear a key procedural hurdle.