The confidence is especially noteworthy given that Schumer has yet to detail his plans. Many lawmakers in both parties are ...

Federal workers in Philadelphia faced layoffs last month, and now as a government shutdown looms, some face the reality of ...

Senate Democrats are still not committing to helping Republicans pass a seven-month funding stopgap, edging the country ...

Democrats are facing just such an impossible choice right now, ahead of a potential government shutdown this weekend. And ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans lack the votes in the upper chamber to pass their plan to avert ...

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

Senate Democrats are staring down a major dilemma as they agonize over how to handle the GOP’s stopgap spending bill in the ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

Still, at least one Democrat fears that not backing the bill and triggering a government shutdown could backfire politically.

A measure to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown passes in the House but has only a few days to pass in the ...

Health care: Furloughed federal workers will maintain their coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program ...