President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to eliminate seven federal agencies that focus on media, libraries, ...

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

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the ...

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

The Senate voted Friday to advance a bill funding the government through September and averting a government shutdown, ...

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

The Senate passed the bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it ...

With just hours to spare before a midnight deadline, Congress passed a stopgap bill to fund the government through the fall, ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the federal government by passing a funding bill after ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

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 ...

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation ...