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

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

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

By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson and Gabriella Borter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending ...

Senators moved quickly to cobble together a standalone bill to shield Washington D.C. from a $1 billion budget cut ...

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...

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.

Democrats, including House leaders and senators, repeatedly declined to answer whether they maintained confidence in Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.

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

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...