Some Senate Democrats, including Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, have alternatively pushed for a four-week stopgap ...

The measure had a pathway for passage following the cloture vote on the bill, which passed on a near-partisan basis in the ...

U nless Congress can pass a bill to fund the federal government (which Donald Trump then signs) before midnight on Friday, ...

Democrats found themselves in the middle of an all-out civil war on Friday as the Senate prepared to advance a six-month ...

One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...

A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown has narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the ...

In helping averti a shutdown, Chuck Schumer has ignited a rebellion within his own party, writes Philip Elliott in The D.C.

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...

The Senate voted Friday to advance a bill funding the government through September and averting a government shutdown, ...