Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

The House passed a bill Tuesday to prevent a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, giving ...

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.

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

"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a stopgap funding bill ...

Now, the bill heads to the Senate, where it needs 60 votes to pass to keep the federal government from a shutdown.

Senate Democrats say they will not vote for the House-passed six-month government funding package, which would boost defense spending and cut nondefense programs, unless they first get a vote on a ...

Congress faces a deadline to fund the government by the end of the day Friday. With the House passage, the bill now goes to the Senate. But the measure will require Democratic support in the ...

The bill is 99 pages long and is headed to the Senate, where it would need to find some Democratic support to pass.

The continuing resolution will need to be passed by the Senate and signed by Trump into law by Friday to avoid a shutdown.