The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...

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

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

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

Senate Democrats gave up their sole point of leverage Thursday, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that ...

A possible opening emerged for the District to avoid more than $1 billion in cuts to public services under a Republican ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday Senate GOP "do not have the votes" to pass a pending funding bill, ...

Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, are poised to force a partial government shutdown by refusing to back a Republican ...

The Senate is expected to begin voting Friday afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ...

After the top Democrat in the Senate said he would vote to advance the GOP-led funding bill, other party members erupted over ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats ...