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 ...

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 ...

As of Wednesday night, it looked like a path was emerging whereby Senate Democrats would abandon plans to filibuster the ...