Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican ...

The government funding bill that’s headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...

One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

Schumer's surprise reversal, first announced Thursday evening -- comes one day after he said he and Democrats would try to ...

The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through September, avoiding a government shutdown only hours before funding ...

Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and ...

The measure, which passed with bipartisan support and minor changes, now heads back to the House. It is just the second ...

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...