Senate Democrats are hoping for some small wins against Republicans as the chamber considers House GOP’s stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown. The House of Representatives approved a continuing ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...

Democrats in the Senate have different views on how they will vote on a Trump-backed bill to avert a government shutdown.

Risks to travel are minimal if a government shutdown is short, but the longer it grows on, the more disruption in the industry can take hold.

President Trump said Democrats would be "purely to blame" for a government shutdown after House Republicans passed a funding bill that is uncertain to pass in the Senate.

The odds that the federal government will shut down Saturday morning have risen in recent days as a growing number of Senate ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including more federal layoffs and ...

Congress faces a funding deadline as Senate Democrats and House Republicans remain at odds over a spending bill, pushing the U.S. closer to a government shutdown. from 41NBC News | WMGT-DT ...

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he believes a government shutdown would plunge the United States “into chaos” and risk ...

Senate Democrats have offered a one-month alternative to the House GOP’s spending patch to avoid a government shutdown. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin reports from Capitol Hill. Former Sen. Doug Jones and ...

When a shutdown happens, the government isn’t able to spend money — with some exceptions — meaning that federal employees ...