On the surface, it looks like Senate Democrats are playing “hardball” with time running out before a government shutdown. But it might not be that simple.

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

Chuck Schumer is hoping Democrats can get an amendment vote that would ease the way for his members to agree to a GOP-led ...

Shutdown drama jams Senate Democrats  Trade war, the sequel  U.S. negotiators heading to Russia   Measles cases multiply  ...

House and Senate Republicans are sinking deeper into an impasse over how to advance President Donald Trump’s vast legislative agenda.

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that could leave them looking even more hapless than they have so far in his ...

Democrats are still divided over whether they should attempt to utilize their leverage to extract concessions from Republicans or risk a shutdown.

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

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government, heightening the alert for a potential government ...

The proposal funds the federal government through September and avoids a government shutdown on Friday. But it's taken on ...

Donald Trump just convinced dozens of Republican hardliners to do what House speakers from John Boehner to Kevin McCarthy ...

The House of Representatives approved a six-month funding bill on Tuesday to prevent a partial government shutdown at the end ...