Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was heard "screaming" at her Democratic colleagues over their intention to vote against a ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said that there is not enough Democratic support in the Senate to advance ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led ...

Democrats are livid at the Trump administration's slash-and-burn changes to the federal government, and they're under intense pressure from their constituents to fight back. But they also fear the ...

Democrats in the Senate have different views on how they will vote on a Trump-backed bill to avert a government shutdown.

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats have many reasons to oppose Republicans’ full-year, $1.7 ...

Republicans are ramping up pressure on Senate Democrats ahead of a vote on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to keep the ...

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

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