Spending bill to avert government shutdown clears key hurdle, providing pathway for Senate passage as deadline looms ...

The spending measure, which passed the House earlier in the week, was presented to the Senate as a take-it-or-leave-it ...

Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, sending measure to Trump to be signed into law.

Democrats have been sharply divided over the Trump-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.

(THE CONVERSATION) Facing a threat of imminent government shutdown, nine Democrats joined GOP Senate colleagues to defeat a filibuster, moving a six-month government funding bill to final passage in a ...

The United States Senate passed a bill on Friday (local time) to fund the government through September 30, narrowly avoiding ...

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

On Friday evening, senators in Washington D.C. are finishing a series of votes to avoid a government shutdown.

One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown ...

A government shutdown was set to happen at the end of the day Friday. As the clock ticked, Senate Democrats were in an unenviable position. They were forced to choose between a GOP bill that ...

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