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

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

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

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

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

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

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation ...