The Senate is taking a procedural vote Friday afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approached a key test vote Friday afternoon as lawmakers worked to avoid a partial government ...

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap ...

Many in the party felt the New York Democrat was not showing sufficient fight, arguing that a government shutdown would force ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries dodged questions about his view on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at a Friday ...

The Senate is has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Schumer's surprise reversal, first announced Thursday evening -- comes one day after he said he and Democrats would try to ...

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

After announcing that he be a no vote on the proposed spending plan -- a decision that could have led to a government shutdown -- Schumer backed down, saying from the floor he would vote yes.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill to avert a government shutdown "a tremendous mistake." ...