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

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

The party’s Senate leader said the GOP measure is better than enduring a shutdown, ahead of this weekend’s deadline.

House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

Trump and DOGE are set to gain more control over federal funds with the passage of a continuing resolution to avert a ...

House Democratic leadership is slated to hold a press conference as their counterparts in the Senate face down a nail-biter vote on government funding. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate minority leader said "Republicans do not have the votes" to advance the ...

The House’s passage of a Republican stopgap funding bill has put Senate Democrats in a bind: Either back a measure they ...

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

J. Scott Applewhite/AP Unlike in the House, where Republicans can act unilaterally to pass legislation, the Senate needs Democrats to pass a funding bill. At least 60 votes are needed for a ...

The six-month funding bill, which narrowly passed in the House by a 217-213 tally, needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster in the Senate. Since deficit hawk Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is opposed, it would ...