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

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...

The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate Democrats, led by ...

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

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

The party’s split over supporting a spending extension to avert a lapse in government funding boiled down to a practical ...

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

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

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Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took heavy criticism from fellow Democrats for backing the GOP measure, which he called ...