Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

The 62-38 vote came after days of turmoil among Senate Democrats who were split on either working with President Donald Trump ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

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

“Every hour that passes only puts them on an island where it’s obvious they have no plan — and the headlines are, ‘Will Democrats shut down the government?’” said one senior Senate ...

WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat. With less than 48 hours until a government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his party's members are being forced to choose ...

Democrats are openly questioning whether they lost their last point of leverage by ceding to Republicans in the latest ...

The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through September, avoiding a government shutdown only hours before funding ...

The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Friday evening, averting a partial government shutdown and overcoming ...

The Senate will take a key procedural vote on Friday afternoon to potentially tee up final passage of a crucial stopgap government spending bill to avoid a shutdown as time runs out. After tense ...

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