WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday when the Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded ...

Rep. Laura Friedman's amendment has 60 Democratic co-sponsors and seeks to prevent Donald Trump from "illegally withholding" ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addressed the upper chamber and publicly declared his intention to vote for the ...

Ten Democrats voted to advance the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September, setting the stage for ...

The Republican-led Senate on Friday voted to end debate on its six-month Continuing Resolution, preparing the chamber to vote on passing the legislation later in the day. A total of 10 Senate ...

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for ...

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...

Senators voted Friday to pass legislation to prevent cuts to the District of Columbia’s local budget after city officials ...

The Senate March 14 approved by a vote of 54-46, a continuing resolution to fund the government through Sept. 30. The House ...

Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...