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

The US Senate approved a six-month provisional budget, preventing the shutdown of federal offices. The decision was made just hours before the expiration of the current budget. Senators from the ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to avert a pending government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.

The U.S. Senate will vote on a funding bill to avert a government shutdown. If a shutdown occurs, federal services will be reduced and many federal employees will be furloughed. The last ...

The US Senate approved Friday an extension of the federal budget until September, avoiding the government shutdown.

With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain noncommittal while others publicly declared they would not vote for the short-term Republican budget bill.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown and keep federal ...

Democrats have said they will not vote for a Republican spending patch that funds the government through September, arguing that Congress instead should compromise in a shorter-term budget resolution.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday that Republicans are open to giving Democrats an amendment vote on a monthlong stopgap funding patch in exchange for votes to help Republicans ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries sidestepped SEVERAL questions about the apparent resignation of Senate Democratic ...

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