Republicans will need all hands on deck, and an assist from Senate Democrats, to avoid a government shutdown in October.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he could plunge the country into a partial government shutdown if ...

Congress averted a government shutdown after the Senate on Sept. 30 approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, passsing the bill 88-9.

WASHINGTON – Ten Senate Democrats joined with most of their GOP colleagues on Friday to advance a government funding bill, averting a partial shutdown of major federal services beginning at ...

With just days to go before the government runs out of money, the Senate has unveiled a bipartisan stopgap bill in a bid to avert a shutdown – but there’s no guarantee that it will be able to ...

The Senate passed a bill to keep the federal government funded through September Friday evening, avoiding a partial shutdown that would have begun at midnight. Ten Democrats joined with all but ...

WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat. With less than 48 hours until a government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his party's members are being forced to ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans lack the votes in the upper chamber to pass their plan to avert a looming government shutdown on Friday at midnight.

Donald Trump warned Republicans that they would not receive his endorsement should they retaliate and oppose his cuts to PBS and NPR. The president‘s threat Thursday night on Truth Social came as the ...