The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.

Schumer's commitment comes a day after the top Senate Democrat said “Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate.” ...

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

Enough Senate Democrats put their disdain for President Trump aside and voted Friday to end a filibuster of a Republican ...

Ten Democrats broke with the party's intention to vote against the GOP's spending bill to protest President Donald Trump and ...

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much ...

The Democratic grappling reflects a larger question confronting the party: When to fight and when to fall in line?

raising the question of whether Democrats would mount a filibuster against the bill and trigger a shutdown. While conservative House Republicans have in the past dug in and opposed such spending ...

They also argued a shutdown was not helpful as GOP lawmakers in both chambers ... must decide if they will support a short-term spending bill that would keep the government funded through September.

With a potential government shutdown fast approaching ... One Democrat voted with Republicans to approve the bill, which includes a slight increase for defense spending and cuts to domestic ...