The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

Senators voted Friday to pass legislation to prevent cuts to the District of Columbia’s local budget after city officials ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) brushed off questions surrounding his leadership and defended his decision to ...

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

The Senate voted to avoid a government shutdown less than nine hours before the deadline, leaving Democrats divided and pointing fingers.

The Senate on Friday approved a House GOP-crafted spending bill hours before the shutdown deadline, capping off the first funding fight of President Trump’s second term — a saga that ripped apart ...

The Kentucky Senate on Friday easily passed a bill to make it easier for police departments to withhold law enforcement ...

The U.S. Senate advanced a spending bill that would fund the government through the end of September, a step to avoid a ...

In helping averti a shutdown, Chuck Schumer has ignited a rebellion within his own party, writes Philip Elliott in The D.C.

Ten Democrats joined with Republicans to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the measure. The vote was 62-38.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a key procedural vote on the short-term funding bill that paves the way for the upper chamber ...