The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...

Senators voted to advance the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday as the deadline for a government shutdown inches closer. By a margin of 62-38, senators voted to advance the measure. Ten ...

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday afternoon ahead of the late night deadline.

Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities and will give Trump and his allies more leeway to dismantle the federal ...

Comedian Stephen Colbert pressed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on his show Thursday over his support for a ...

WASHINGTON - Several Senate Democrats have said they will not vote in favor of the spending bill passed by the House, raising the chances of a possible government shutdown set to take effect at 12 ...

who has previously relied on Democrats for bipartisan support to avert a shutdown. The House voted 217-213 to pass the spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, days before some funding ...

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much worse." ...

The House on Tuesday approved a bill aiming to avert a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline ... with a $13 billion cut to nondefense spending, $6 billion increase to defense spending—to give ...

March 11 (UPI) --The House of Representatives passed a spending bill Tuesday to fund the government through the end of September and avert a government shutdown at the end of the week. The bill ...