The bill passed 71-29 and will now head to the House, which is not due back until Monday, meaning the government could be in a partial shutdown temporarily over the weekend until they pass it.View on ...

About 130 cyclists braved 10-degree weather Saturday for a solidarity ride for Alex Pretti, a week after the VA nurse was ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Donald Trump ...

Departments within the federal government including Labor, Transportation and Treasury are partially shut down. A vote in the House could come as early as Monday.

The pressure now moves to the House, which is in recess, as the government enters at least a limited funding lapse.

A partial government shutdown began just after midnight as the debate in Congress over reining in immigration enforcement ...

In an hourlong debate hosted by ABC-7 Chicago in partnership with Univision and the League of Women Voters, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton pitched ...

Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate say they’re firmly united when it comes to the party’s push for new rules of ...

For the second time in six months, the federal government shut down after lawmakers failed to reach a timely agreement on the ...

Senate Democrats said Thursday they have struck an agreement to move forward with a package of bills to avert a partial government shutdown.

The Senate has voted to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for ...