Divisions within the Democratic party were on display on Thursday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated that ...

The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine ...

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

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

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

Many in the party felt the New York Democrat was not showing sufficient fight, arguing that a government shutdown would have forced Trump and Republicans to the negotiating table. Yet for Schumer, who ...

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the government open for another six months, beyond the midnight shutdown deadline.

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

“For weeks they’ve been lambasting Trump and [Elon] Musk for tearing apart the government,” Bade writes. “Democrats in a shutdown would effectively have to argue that they’re trying to ...

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among other party members to allow vote on Republican bill.

Democrats have argued that the shutdown fight is an opportunity to push back on Elon Musk-backed agency spending and staff ...

“But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take … much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.” Schumer has privately told senators there are enough Democratic votes to ...