Republicans scored enough Democratic support to break a filibuster on a controversial budget stopgap thanks to an ...

A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown has narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the ...

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

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

A group of 10 Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), on Friday voted to advance a Republican-crafted bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, taking a crucial ...

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

One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...

As a midnight deadline approaches, the U.S. Senate on Friday passed a key procedural vote with the support of enough ...

The Senate is taking a procedural vote Friday afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ...

The Senate voted to advance a bill to fund the federal government through September and avoid a shutdown on Saturday.