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

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

Pelosi is just the latest, but is arguably the most influential, Democrat to slam Schumer’s decision. The former House ...

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

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

The bill’s path to approval caused upheaval in the Democratic ranks and put Senate Democrats in a tough spot.

Republicans are used to seeing their party leaders cave under pressure. But as Democrats caved on a spending bill Friday, it was new territory for their base.

Both Sens. Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch voted no, saying the funding bill gave President Donald Trump and his advisors too much budgetary power.

NEW JERSEY - In a tense showdown on Capitol Hill, New Jersey Senators Andy Kim and Cory Booker stood firm in their opposition ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a GOP-written stopgap spending measure after ...