A spending bill to prevent a partial government shutdown narrowly advanced in the Senate, clearing a key procedural hurdle ...

If Republicans fail to get the votes on their own to lift the debt ceiling, with the deadline expected in August or September ...

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

Trump says he can spend less than Congress appropriates, but the top two members of the Senate Appropriations Committee say ...

Republican Susan Collins is joining Senate Democrats in contesting President Donald Trump's authority to curtail nearly $3 ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...

A six-month spending bill advanced in the Senate after Democrats split on the bill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shumer, D-NY ...

Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's ...

The Senate voted 62 to 38 Friday evening to advance a GOP spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown ...

However, if a spending bill is not passed by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, the government will enter into a partial shutdown. Democrats in the Senate were embroiled in passionate disagreement this week ...

The state Capitol’s Floor and Senate chamber sit quietly now as the second deadline of the session has passed.

Continuing resolution cuts some funding for transportation safety projects and Army Corps of Engineers civil works.