WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government ...

Several Senate Democrats have said they will not vote in favor of the current spending bill, raising the chances of a ...

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling ...

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much ...

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.

The House of Representatives passed a spending bill Tuesday to fund the government through the end of September and avert a ...

Sheria Smith, the president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, which represents more than 2,800 ...

Lawmakers are battling time as they seek to pass legislation that will fund the government and avert a possible shutdown set ...

The comment came during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin as Republicans try to get a government spending ...

The bill, also known as a continuing resolution, now moves to the Senate, where D.C. officials hope Democrats will help them ...

Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales, who previously said he would not support any stopgap bill, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he now plans ...

U.S. lawmakers in the Senate are set to vote this afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap federal funding bill, ahead of the ...