WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday when the Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

The bill narrowly passed the House earlier this week, with Rep. Thomas Massie being the only House Republican to oppose it.

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for ...

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

N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they will oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR ...

Democrats were split on the vote, with some wanting to use it as leverage to fight Department of Government Efficiency cuts.

Rising to leadership of the U.S. Senate appropriations committee this year positioned Republican Sen. Susan Collins to bring home a lot of federal money for projects across Maine. But the stopgap ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...