For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming with a matter of hours until a Friday night ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer gave members of his caucus days to vent their frustration about the options before ...

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Ten Senate Democrats led by Schumer joined with Republicans to pass a stopgap spending bill on March 14 that averts a ...

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

The Senate passed a bill Friday that will fund the government through September and avert a shutdown. Some Democratic ...

The Democratic leaders in the Senate and House sought to strike a unified message on potential GOP cuts to Medicaid, even as ...