Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer appeared to announce Wednesday that a partial government shutdown will begin on Friday ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, are poised to force a partial government shutdown by refusing to back a Republican ...

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending measure to pass ahead of a March 14 midnight deadline.

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...

WASHINGTON >> U.S. Senate Democrats huddled for hours today plotting a course forward on a stopgap funding bill passed by the ...

The proposal funds the federal government through September and avoids a government shutdown on Friday. But it's taken on ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government, heightening the alert for a potential government ...

Donald Trump just convinced dozens of Republican hardliners to do what House speakers from John Boehner to Kevin McCarthy ...

The House of Representatives approved a six-month funding bill on Tuesday to prevent a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. The stopgap legislation will provide funds for federal ...