Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

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

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to eliminate seven federal agencies that focus on media, libraries, ...

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

The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

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

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

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare ...

The Senate gave final approval to a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30. The GOP-backed measure ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...