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

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among ...

N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they will oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR ...

Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by Friday ...

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

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.

House Republicans overcame their paper-thin majority yesterday evening and passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal ...

Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they must choose between shutting down the government or folding to ...

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

Washington, D.C., is in budget limbo ahead of budget cuts on Capitol Hill as the Senate prepares to vote on funding to keep ...

House Republicans passed legislation to keep the US government open past a Saturday shutdown deadline, daring moderate ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...