Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...

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

The party’s split over supporting a spending extension to avert a lapse in government funding boiled down to a practical ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...

Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and ...

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

A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate ...

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

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a ...

The Senate voted on a key procedural motion regarding the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday. If a measure is not ...

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The Senate gave final approval to a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30. The GOP-backed measure ...