Senate works to avert partial government shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...
Schumer says he'll now vote to approve GOP spending bill, avoid shutdown
With just a day before the potential for a government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, switched course ...
Ex-GOP congressman to Democrats: Trump, MAGA are laughing at you
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...
CNN's Manu Raju: Enough Senate Democrats Appear Ready To Pass House GOP Spending Plan
CNN's Capitol Hill correspondent Manu Raju reports on the struggle taking place within the Senate Democratic caucus over ...
Alan Simpson, moderate GOP senator who bridged partisan gaps, dead at 93
Relatives and colleagues remember former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming as a figure who was "gifted in crossing party lines." ...
Alan K. Simpson, Influential Wyoming Republican Senator, Dies at 93
A plain-spoken, sometimes cantankerous lawmaker, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, ...
Trump and Senate Republicans Fail to Solve US Debt Ceiling Problem
President Donald Trump and key Senate Republicans are still grasping for a solution to the US government closing in on ...
Senate nears final approval of a bill that could increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers
The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...