Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending decisions, or voting no and letting funding lapse. All told, 10 Democrats ...

The Senate passed a Republican-led government funding bill on Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown. The bill, ...

Democrats, including House leaders and senators, repeatedly declined to answer whether they maintained confidence in Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader.

"It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when somebody is shot and killed—if we don't move that 48 hours," Miranda Viscoli ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

Democratic leaders in the Maine Legislature signaled Friday that they plan to pass a new, two-year budget with or without ...

A six-month spending bill advanced in the Senate after Democrats split on the bill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shumer, D-NY ...

The Kentucky General Assembly was down to the wire on Friday for the final day of the legislative session ahead of the veto ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as ...

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

NEW JERSEY - In a tense showdown on Capitol Hill, New Jersey Senators Andy Kim and Cory Booker stood firm in their opposition ...