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

The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took heavy criticism from fellow Democrats for backing the GOP measure, which he called ...

Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

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

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

Democrats were split on the vote, with some wanting to use it as leverage to fight Department of Government Efficiency cuts.

The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine ...

Senate Republicans and some Democrats voted to advance a stopgap funding bill which clears the path for a final vote to avert ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...