It's up to the Senate to pass the spending bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk to avert a possible government ...

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

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.

The bill, which bolsters military spending while slashing non-defense domestic programs, needs 60 votes to avoid a filibuster. Republicans hold 53 Senate seats. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has indicated he ...

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 ...

Jeffries called the continuing resolution a "partisan, reckless spending bill" and "an attack" on veterans ... adding to pressure on the Senate to approve the funding measure.

The Senate passed a House-approved government ... He said he believes the short-term funding bill -- or continuing resolution -- is a "bad bill" but said he believes if the government were to ...

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

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to advance the House-approved measure.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said he'll vote to let the GOP-drafted stopgap funding measure pass, likely ...