WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday when the Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded ...

Rep. Laura Friedman's amendment has 60 Democratic co-sponsors and seeks to prevent Donald Trump from "illegally withholding" ...

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

The Senate March 14 approved by a vote of 54-46, a continuing resolution to fund the government through Sept. 30. The House ...

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 ...

Without a new budget—or relief from the strictures of its absence—the military can’t start new projects or pay for the ...

The Republican-led Senate on Friday voted to end debate on its six-month Continuing Resolution, preparing the chamber to vote on passing the legislation later in the day. A total of 10 Senate ...

Highland, voted against a U.S. Congress continuing resolution, which threatens to rescind more than $11 million for Northwest Indiana agencies.

Hundreds of D.C. students, parents and other supporters showed up on Capitol Hill, urging Senators to vote no on the ...

Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto joined with nine other Democrats Friday to prevent efforts to block a continuing ...

The continuing resolution to fund the government through Sept. 30 next goes to the Senate, where it will need bipartisan ...

Maryland Senators Van Hollen and Alsobrooks oppose GOP budget plan, citing tax cuts for the wealthy and agency job cuts.