The Senate is expected to begin voting Friday afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

Yesterday, the House passed legislation to fund the government through Sept. 30 and thereby avert a shutdown at the end of this week. The measure now goes to the Senate, where Democrats must decide ...

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for defense and another $6 billion for veterans’ health care through Sept. 30.

On Friday, March 14, 2025, the Senate advanced the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (H.R. 1968), a continuing ...

WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday when the Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded through the end of September. Senators sent the bill to President Donald ...

The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine Democrats and one independent, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D ...

The Senate has passed a bill that would restore $1.1 billion to D.C.'s budget, but the legislation can't move forward until ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

The legislation enacted earlier this month to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2025 will deeply harm ...

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said he doesn’t know what happened late last week that resulted in Senate Minority Leader Chuck ...

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among other party members to allow vote on Republican bill.

"The House should take up the D.C. funding 'fix' that the Senate has passed, and get it done IMMEDIATELY," the president ...