Some Senate Democrats, including Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, have alternatively pushed for a four-week stopgap ...

Senate Republicans and some Democrats voted to advance a stopgap funding bill which clears the path for a final vote to avert ...

Democrats are fighting each other, distracting Washington, at least temporarily, from Trump’s trade war that has wreaked havoc on the stock market.

Senate Democrats, fearful of what Trump might do during a shutdown, voted in sufficient numbers to pass the GOP continuing resolution.

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline at midnight.

The measure had a pathway for passage following the cloture vote on the bill, which passed on a near-partisan basis in the ...

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Senate today voted to advance a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald ...

Ten Democrats joined Republicans to surpass the 60-vote threshold, with the measure advancing by a 62-38 vote.

Nine Democrats and one Independent voted to advance a House GOP stopgap bill to fund the government through September 30.

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...