The vote is the first battle in President Trump's effort to avert a government shutdown and clear the way for his legislative ...

Democrats are looking to prevent President Donald Trump from “illegally withholding or diverting funding” appropriated in the ...

Yesterday, the House passed legislation to fund the government through Sept. 30 and thereby avert a shutdown at the end of ...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he believes a government shutdown would plunge the United States “into chaos” and risk ...

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

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Republican senators don't have the votes to pass the GOP spending bill that was ...

California Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff say they will vote against a budget measure aimed at funding the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said Democrats will stand in the way of efforts to pass a Republican-led budget ...

When a shutdown happens, the government isn’t able to spend money — with some exceptions — meaning that federal employees ...

Senior service leaders said Wednesday they will be significantly challenged by a stopgap spending bill the Senate plans to vote on this week to fund the government through Sept. 30 and avoid a ...

Republicans currently hold a 53-seat majority in the Senate. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) has indicated that he won’t vote to ...