Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

With just over 24 hours until the federal government was set to shut down, Maryland Democrats in Congress all said they were ...

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

WASHINGTON—The leader of Senate Democrats moved to take the threat of a government shutdown off the table, following a ...

Senate Democrats remained tight-lipped on Thursday after meeting on the fast-approaching government funding deadline.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...

Schumer's commitment comes a day after the top Senate Democrat said “Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate.” ...

Schumer’s comments are a change in tune from Wednesday when he said that Democrats would not provide the votes needed to ...