WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a Republican-led government funding bill on Friday ... compared with an overall topline of nearly $1.7 trillion in discretionary spending. The bill does not cover the ...

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

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap funding bill, as a potential government shutdown looms. The Senate will vote ...

Senate Republicans are expected to vote on a budget blueprint this week to advance President Donald Trump’s first-year ...

It's up to the Senate to pass the spending bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk to avert a possible government ...

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the government open for another six months, beyond the midnight shutdown deadline.

Comedian Stephen Colbert pressed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on his show Thursday over his support for a ...

Senate Republicans are racing to consider a compromise budget resolution as they look to advance President Trump’s ...

If Republicans fail to get the votes on their own to lift the debt ceiling, with the deadline expected in August or September ...

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

Senate Democrats Wednesday vowed to block a Republican stopgap spending bill passed by the House, setting up a possible standoff that could lead do a partial government shutdown as soon as this ...

GOP leaders still need a critical ruling on their tax plan. But they’re racing to show progress after weeks of delays.