Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...

Several Senate Democrats have said they will not vote in favor of the current spending bill, raising the chances of a possible government shutdown.

President Trump said Thursday Democrats would be to blame if government funding runs out this week and suggested a shutdown could delay GOP efforts to extend expiring tax cuts. “They do a ...

President Trump said Democrats would be "purely to blame" for a government shutdown after House Republicans passed a funding bill that is uncertain to pass in the Senate.

Schumer is under pressure to unite Senate Democrats as his party agonizes over whether to trigger a government shutdown in less than 36 hours, or side with Trump ...

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

Senate Democrats are hoping for some small wins against Republicans as the chamber considers House GOP’s stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown. The House of Representatives approved a continuing ...

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature are under pressure to scale back the expansion of state-sponsored healthcare coverage for undocumented immigrants with the cost ...

The Iowa Senate has unanimously voted to create a task force to study the distribution of state court fines and recommend changes to the system. The move comes after computer programming errors in the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said that there is not enough Democratic support in the Senate to advance ...