The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

Before the Senate voted on Friday to fund the government and avert a shutdown, Sen. Patty Murray made it known that she ...

The Senate voted to advance a spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown.

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

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

The bill narrowly passed the House earlier this week, with Rep. Thomas Massie being the only House Republican to oppose it.

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 ...

At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would back a Republican-led stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown, 24 hours after he said he wouldn't.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he will vote to keep the federal government open, bailing on his party’s kamikaze mission to stick it to President […] ...