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

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

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

At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the measure to clear a key procedural hurdle.

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

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

Democrats have only painful options: allow passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending decisions, or vote no and give Trump free rein. Senate Democratic ...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a ...

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

Democratic Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff announced he will vote against the GOP spending bill Thursday, defying Senate Minority ...

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Many Democrats had agitated for the party to hang together and block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the ...