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

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling ...

The reversal comes just one day after Schumer warned Republicans they did not have the votes needed to advance the bill. ...

Facing intense pressure over the threat of a shutdown in less than two days, lawmakers are racing to push through a ...

For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming with a matter of hours until a Friday night ...

Several Senate Democrats have said they will not vote in favor of the current spending bill, raising the chances of a ...

With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain non-committal while others publicly ...

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

Schumer’s comments are a change in tune from Wednesday when he said that Democrats would not provide the votes needed to ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to ...

A Republican-sponsored continuing resolution to keep the government operating was approved by the House. It faces a close ...

The Senate is working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare as Democrats confront two painful ...