Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican ...

The GOP-controlled Senate will press forward with a procedural vote to advance a stopgap funding bill to avert a government ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

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

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse ...

House Republicans are hoping to vote Tuesday on a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 ...

The measure now heads to the Senate where it’s uncertain if Democrats will provide the votes needed to avoid a lapse in ...

House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

House Republicans advanced a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in ...