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

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

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tussled with reporters Friday, pushing back against the notion that the Democratic ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took heavy criticism from fellow Democrats for backing the GOP measure, which he called ...

Dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Schumer on Friday to express their “strong opposition” to his plan to back the ...

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The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down ...

Democrats have been sharply divided over the Trump-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently ...

Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...

The vote came at a steep price for Democrats, fracturing the party with calls to oust Schumer as leader and primary Democrats who sided with the GOP.

Washington is now fully set to avert a government shutdown after an up and down week that saw House Republicans offering a ...