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

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 had been torn between pushing back against President Trump and triggering a shutdown with unknown consequences.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

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 ...

In a surprise turnabout, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced he is voting for a Republican measure to keep the ...