WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday after the U.S. Senate approved a bill to keep the government ...

"Literally zero Senate Democrats support the filibuster. 38 voted to filibuster the continuing resolution yesterday," wrote ...

The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine ...

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

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for ...

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...

Ten Democrats voted to advance the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September, setting the stage for ...

Rising to leadership of the U.S. Senate appropriations committee this year positioned Republican Sen. Susan Collins to bring home a lot of federal money for projects across Maine. But the stopgap ...

Senators voted Friday to pass legislation to prevent cuts to the District of Columbia’s local budget after city officials ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addressed the upper chamber and publicly declared his intention to vote for the ...

Much to the base’s chagrin, a handful of Senate Democrats voted to advance the House Republican continuing resolution to ...