WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday when the Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded ...

The continuing resolution approved by the House this week would force D.C. officials to make $1 billion in cuts to city ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

A government shutdown has officially been averted, as President Donald Trump signs the continuing resolution into law.

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

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for ...

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

Congress faces a deadline to fund the government by the end of the day Friday. With the House passage, the bill now goes to ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans don't have the votes to pass a measure to keep the government funded through September.

While Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted for the spending measure to avoid a shutdown, it eliminates millions of ...