District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...

Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by Friday ...

So while we watch the process play out in Washington, D.C. – at the time of writing, a spending bill was heading to the U.S.

Democrats are facing just such an impossible choice right now, ahead of a potential government shutdown this weekend. And ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they must choose between shutting down the government or folding to ...

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that could leave them looking even more hapless than they have so far in his ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the ...

The continuing resolution will need to be passed by the Senate and signed by Trump into law by Friday to avoid a shutdown.

House Republicans passed a stopgap bill to keep government funding at current levels until September. Now the measure heads ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans don't have the votes to pass a measure to keep the government funded through September.