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

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

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

Ten Democrats joined Republicans to surpass the 60-vote threshold, with the measure advancing by a 62-38 vote.

D.C. leaders kept a close eye on the U.S. Senate Friday, which was preparing to take up a resolution that would avert a ...

After Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that he would reluctantly support the bill, he bore the brunt of that anger, including a protest at his office, calls from progressives that he be primaried ...

Senate votes on funding bill ahead of midnight deadline to avoid government shutdown - Democrats warn against GOP’s ...

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

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

Washington is now fully set to avert a government shutdown after an up and down week that saw House Republicans offering a ...

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...