Rising to leadership of the U.S. Senate appropriations committee this year positioned Republican Sen. Susan Collins to bring home a lot of federal money for projects across Maine. But the stopgap ...

The Senate passed a Republican-led government funding bill on Friday, narrowly averting a midnight government shutdown. D.C.

The U.S. Senate cleared a stopgap spending bill Friday that will fund the government through the end of September.

The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Friday evening, averting a partial government shutdown and overcoming Democratic opposition to the measure.