N.Y., said he would not resign and defended his vote in favor of the spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

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The Senate has passed a Republican-led six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure Senate Majority Leader John Thune ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won’t resign his post, despite pressure from some in the party after he voted ...

Schumer said that while the Continuing Resolution was “certainly bad,” a shutdown “would be 15 or 20 times worse.” ...

N.Y., has served since 1999 as a U.S. senator, has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017, served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025 and has served two stints as Senate ...

But in the end, enough of the Democratic senators decided a government shutdown would be even worse, and backed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's strategy to allow the bill to come forward.

With the help of several Democrats, the Senate voted 54-46 Friday to pass a Republican-sponsored stopgap funding bill that averted a federal government shutdown. The vote was the second of two key ...