A spending bill to prevent a partial government shutdown narrowly advanced in the Senate, clearing a key procedural hurdle ...

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...

If Republicans fail to get the votes on their own to lift the debt ceiling, with the deadline expected in August or September ...

However, if a spending bill is not passed by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, the government will enter into a partial shutdown. Democrats in the Senate were embroiled in passionate disagreement this week ...

The Senate voted 62 to 38 Friday evening to advance a GOP spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...

Republican Susan Collins is joining Senate Democrats in contesting President Donald Trump's authority to curtail nearly $3 ...

At least eight Democratic senators were needed to advance the spending bill for a final vote - and the magic number was ...

Continuing resolution cuts some funding for transportation safety projects and Army Corps of Engineers civil works.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate cleared a stopgap spending bill Friday that will fund the government through the end of ...

The state Capitol’s Floor and Senate chamber sit quietly now as the second deadline of the session has passed.