WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approached a key test vote Friday afternoon as lawmakers worked to avoid a partial government ...

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins Katy Tur to discuss the vote on the government funding bill to avoid a shutdown and to ...

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap ...

If the Trump agenda is truly as bad as Democrats have been saying, Sen. Chuck Schumer should take a stand and vote against the funding extension.

Many in the party felt the New York Democrat was not showing sufficient fight, arguing that a government shutdown would force ...

City officials say a Republican bill to fund the federal government will force the city to lay off all manner of personnel, ...

The Senate is has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Schumer's surprise reversal, first announced Thursday evening -- comes one day after he said he and Democrats would try to ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

A potential shutdown could see the US government at a standstill in a matter of hours if a temporary bill isn't passed in ...

After announcing that he be a no vote on the proposed spending plan -- a decision that could have led to a government shutdown -- Schumer backed down, saying from the floor he would vote yes.