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

Alan Simpson, a longtime Republican senator from Wyoming who championed bipartisan solutions and steadfastly advocated for a ...

The continuing resolution to fund the government through Sept. 30 next goes to the Senate, where it will need bipartisan ...

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

The party’s Senate leader said the GOP measure is better than enduring a shutdown, ahead of this weekend’s deadline.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a chorus of outrage at Schumer, accusing him of betraying grassroots Democrats who ...

The Senate has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown. Minority leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats have two painful choices: Vote yes and give President Donald Trump vast discretion ...

CNN's Dana Bash panned Senate Democrats for trying and failing to "hash out" a clear message on whether to allow a government ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said the current fight over a Republican spending bill was the “best time” for Democrats to take on President Trump, coming less than two months into his ...

Polls show that small-business optimism has plummeted in the wake of Trump’s tariff rollercoaster. The National Federation of ...

Donald Trump congratulated Chuck Schumer for his decision to advance a GOP bill to keep the government open — but it’s hardly ...