District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

Democrats are facing just such an impossible choice right now, ahead of a potential government shutdown this weekend. And ...

So while we watch the process play out in Washington, D.C. – at the time of writing, a spending bill was heading to the U.S.

Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by midnight ...

Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they must choose between shutting down the government or folding to ...

The continuing resolution will need to be passed by the Senate and signed by Trump into law by Friday to avoid a shutdown.

Senate Democrats are considering the path forward after the House narrowly approved a stopgap measure to keep the government funded.

The House passed a measure to keep the government funded, but the shutdown threat is still present as the bill moves to the ...

House Republicans passed a stopgap bill to keep government funding at current levels until September. Now the measure heads ...

Senate Democrats are staking out their positions on a bill to temporarily fund the government, known as a continuing resolution (CR), which would avert a federal shutdown.

The measure’s fate is uncertain in the Senate, where several Democrats will be needed to cross the 60-vote threshold for it to pass.