Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.

California Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff will vote “no” on the House-passed plan to keep the government running through ...

Sheria Smith, the president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, which represents more than 2,800 ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to ...

The House of Representatives passed a spending bill Tuesday to fund the government through the end of September and avert a ...

Lawmakers are battling time as they seek to pass legislation that will fund the government and avert a possible shutdown set ...

The spending bill will provide for an increase in defense spending, a decrease in non-defense spending, and an additional $6 ...

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

Republicans released a detailed spending bill ahead of a deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown on March 14.

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 ...

The federal government could be in for a shutdown in less than two days after Senate Democrats offered up a plan to play hardball and oppose a House bill that would keep the government open until ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Thursday that Republicans are open to giving Democrats an amendment vote ...