A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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