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

John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) admitted to reporters before the lunch. “If you shut down the government, the president is the person who decides what is essential,” Hickenlooper explained.

The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

Washington — Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington. Lawmakers have until the end of the ...

For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming as negotiations in Congress continue between Republicans and Democrats. The Senate was expected to vote on the final ...

Senate Democrats are expected to vote against a stopgap funding bill today, which means the federal government could shut down early Saturday. The Republican-controlled House approved the bill by ...

Once again, the country is on the brink of a government shutdown. Unless the Republican-controlled Senate passes a spending bill, the government will shut down on Friday at midnight, when last ...

N.Y., announced that he will vote to keep the government open and warned that a shutdown has worse consequences for Americans.

Divisions within the Democratic party were on display on Thursday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer indicated that ...

The federal government could be in for a shutdown in less than two days after Senate Democrats offered up a plan to play ...

The Trump administration’s to close regional Head Start offices led to confusion for many program administrators in Illinois.

It would be a mistake for Democrats to continue pillorying The minority leader, whose decision to avoid a government shutdown ...