The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...

In interview, the Senate minority leader said intraparty critics underestimated the dangers of a funding lapse.

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

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside all Republicans in a key procedural vote to advance House Republicans’ ...

"This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote ...

Senate Democrats voted to avoid a shutdown but at the cost of throwing their House counterparts under the bus and enabling ...

The measure had a pathway for passage following the cloture vote on the bill, which passed on a near-partisan basis in the ...

In helping averti a shutdown, Chuck Schumer has ignited a rebellion within his own party, writes Philip Elliott in The D.C.

A midnight Friday deadline is looming for the U.S. Senate to pass a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.