Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending

The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition and sending it to Trump to be signed into law.

The Senate voted Friday to advance a bill funding the government through September and averting a government shutdown, thwarting an effort by some Democratic lawmakers who had wanted to use a shutdown threat to curtail President Donald Trump's mass firing of federal workers.

House Democrats issued an urgent plea to their colleagues in the Senate Friday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would vote for a GOP spending bill. "Please do not hand the keys over to Elon Musk,

Rep. John Larson (D-CT) criticized Elon Musk and shouted at his Republican colleagues after Musk’s testimony was blocked before a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee on March 12.