As a deadline for a potential government shutdown approaches, Senate Democrats are intensifying their opposition to a ...

Well, the Senate's Republican majority needs support from several Democrats to overcome *** key procedural hurdle that will allow them to prevent *** possible government shutdown before Friday's ...

Unless Congress can pass a bill to fund the federal government (which Donald Trump then signs) before midnight Friday, the ...

A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding legislation on their own, edge toward a risky government shutdown, until Democrats swoop ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate turns to a government funding bill to avoid a shutdown and Trump's pick to ...

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the support of Democrats to move forward.

Several Senate Democrats have said they will not vote in favor of the current spending bill, raising the chances of a possible government shutdown.

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that already passed the House.

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...

The federal government could be in for a shutdown in less than two days after Senate Democrats offered up a plan to play hardball and oppose a House bill that would keep the government open until ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Thursday that Republicans are open to giving Democrats an amendment vote ...

With less than two days until the government shuts down, the ball is in the Senate’s court to pass a short-term funding bill.