Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities and will give Trump and his allies more leeway to dismantle the federal ...

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the ...

The passage of the funding bill came hours before a shutdown, with Democrats under fierce pressure to oppose the measure.

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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 one of ...

Lawmakers have prevented a government shutdown by passing a six-month funding stopgap bill, with the U.S. Senate voting 54-46 ...

So this long and terrible week is finally over. Chuck Schumer got what he wanted and there will be no government shutdown. We’ll never know what would have happened had it gone the other way ...

President Donald Trump and his allies are already crafting a plan to make good on their promise to cut federal spending this ...

It's likely the US government will avert a debilitating shutdown on Saturday, said Sen. Ted Cruz. "I think it's probably not going to happen. I think we're gonna see the Democrats cave," Cruz (R ...

Curtis' bill would create a baseline budget that restarts each fiscal year at the prior year’s spending levels unless altered ...

Schumer understood things could get much worse for federal employees and congressional Democrats during a shutdown.