Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

Senate Democrats remained tight-lipped on Thursday after meeting on the fast-approaching government funding deadline.

As of Wednesday night, it looked like a path was emerging whereby Senate Democrats would abandon plans to filibuster the ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

The New York congresswoman said it was "unthinkable" for Senate Democrats to hand away leverage on Medicare, Medicaid and ...

The House GOP's campaign committee is taking aim at congressional Democrats for voting against a measure to fund the federal ...

The House on Tuesday passed a funding bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up the measure for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

Schumer's commitment comes a day after the top Senate Democrat said “Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate.” ...

House Republicans advanced a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in ...

The measure now heads to the Senate where it’s uncertain if Democrats will provide the votes needed to avoid a lapse in ...