Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities and will give Trump and his allies more leeway to dismantle the federal ...

The Senate passed a bill Friday that will fund the government through September and avert a shutdown. Some Democratic ...

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

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

The Senate passed a bill to keep the federal government funded through September Friday evening, avoiding a partial shutdown that would have begun at midnight. Ten Democrats joined with all but one of ...

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

The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine Democrats and one independent, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D ...

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline at midnight.

The Senate is has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown.

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among other party members to allow vote on Republican bill.