A midnight Friday deadline is looming for the U.S. Senate to pass a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities and will give Trump and his allies more leeway to dismantle the federal ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to avert a pending government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.

N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they will oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR ...

The U.S. Senate will vote on a funding bill to avert a government shutdown. If a shutdown occurs, federal services will be reduced and many federal employees will be furloughed. The last ...

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the ...

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation hearing.

“Every hour that passes only puts them on an island where it’s obvious they have no plan — and the headlines are, ‘Will Democrats shut down the government?’” said one senior Senate ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his caucus huddled behind closed doors for days, grappling with what many ...

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among ...

The Senate passed a bill Friday that will fund the government through September and avert a shutdown. Some Democratic ...

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at the end of the day Friday. The Senate voted 54 to 46 to pass the bill.