On their way out of Raleigh, after two days of fierce debate on a new North Carolina congressional map, lawmakers in the ...

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans ...

The Senate fell short in its 12th vote on advancing the Republican bill to end the government shutdown. Follow live updates ...

Senate Democrats voted for a 12th time on Wednesday to block a House-passed bill to reopen the government and keep it funded ...

One Democrat called a bill on raises passed by the House “literally just posturing,” as the House and Senate remain locked in stalemate.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Carlin said he'd set aside the Senate's 60-vote filibuster threshold to fund the government and end the shutdown.

The party line vote came on the 113th day after the June 30 deadline to pass a spending plan. It was also done nearly two ...

Lawmakers did agree to pass two so-called mini budget bills, one in July and one in September, that included minor spending ...

On day 21 of the federal government shutdown, the political tensions and policy differences that contributed to it appeared ...