Republicans control the Senate 53-47 but need Democratic help to get the spending bill across the finish line. Eight ...

The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to ...

Senate Democrats are considering a plan that would pave the way for a GOP bill to keep the government funded for six months ...

People want to see fight,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) said. “And I think with that tweet that I did, it touched a nerve with millions of people." ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down “talking ...

Senate Democrats remained tight-lipped on Thursday after meeting on the fast-approaching government funding deadline, creating a heightened prospect for a shutdown.

The politics of government shutdowns used to be simple and clear. The party that refused to fund the government was the party ...

Once again, the country is on the brink of a government shutdown. Unless the Republican-controlled Senate passes a spending ...

A pair of Senate Democrats from a key battleground state on Thursday said that they would vote against the GOP’s six-month ...

Schumer is under pressure to unite Senate Democrats as his party agonizes over whether to trigger a government shutdown in less than 36 hours, or side with Trump ...

As a deadline for a potential government shutdown approaches, Senate Democrats are intensifying their opposition to a ...