Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...

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

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 ...

The passage of the funding bill came hours before a shutdown, with Democrats under fierce pressure to oppose the measure.

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

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

Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's ...

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

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