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

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

WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House ...

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