The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

In a reversal, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has said he will vote for the bill, which needs Democrat support to move ...

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Thursday night that he would vote for a Republican-sponsored budget bill to ...

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

The prospect of a government shutdown grew on Thursday after nearly a dozen Democratic senators came out against a GOP ...

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