U.S. Senate Democrats were wrestling on Wednesday with how to respond to a stopgap funding bill passed by the ...

The US House of Representatives approved a stopgap plan Tuesday to avert a government shutdown that would pile more pain on ...

House Republicans overcame their paper-thin majority yesterday evening and passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal ...

The leading Democrats in the House are ramping up the pressure on Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP’s spending bill, warning that the proposal would slash crucial public services to vulnerable ...

At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the measure to clear a key procedural hurdle.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that most Democrats in the upper chamber will not support a House Republican-passed bill to fund the federal government through the end of ...

The top House Democrats are pressing their fellow party members in the Senate to kill the Republicans’ spending bill when it reaches the upper chamber, saying the proposal will hurt Americans ...

The Senate confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor in a bipartisan vote Monday, all but finalizing ...

N.H., serves on the armed services committee and was the first-ever woman to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

There are signs from the Senate on a potential way to avoid a federal government shutdown. But 60 votes are needed to move anything forward and it's still unclear if enough Democrats will join ...

Other Democrats are reportedly eyeing the exit as the Senate map points to a Republican majority for years to come.

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 shutdown.