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

Ten Democrats voted to advance the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September, setting the stage for ...

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...

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

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

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addressed the upper chamber and publicly declared his intention to vote for the ...

The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine ...

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

The Senate is expected to take a procedural vote Friday afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government ...

The Republican-led Senate on Friday voted to end debate on its six-month Continuing Resolution, preparing the chamber to vote on passing the legislation later in the day. A total of 10 Senate ...

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...

The Senate March 14 approved by a vote of 54-46, a continuing resolution to fund the government through Sept. 30. The House ...