Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature are under pressure to scale back the expansion of state-sponsored healthcare coverage for undocumented immigrants with the cost ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said that there is not enough Democratic support in the Senate to advance ...

President Trump said Democrats would be "purely to blame" for a government shutdown after House Republicans passed a funding bill that is uncertain to pass in the Senate.

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

Congress is nearing Friday’s midnight deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown, but a Republican spending bill is encountering obstacles in the Senate. The Senate Republican majority needs to ...

When a shutdown happens, the government isn’t able to spend money — with some exceptions — meaning that federal employees ...

Republicans are renewing calls for MaineCare reform while Democrats are urging their colleagues to support a proposal that ...

Ohio's Republicans back a measure to extend spending through the end of September, while Democrats argue it hurts communities and empowers Donald Trump and Elon Musk ...

Schumer is under pressure to unite Senate Democrats as his party agonizes over whether to trigger a government shutdown in less than 36 hours, or side with Trump ...

Senate Democrats say they will not vote in favor of the House-passed funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. Also, over 80,000 employees from the Veteran Affairs Department are expected to be ...

As a deadline for a potential government shutdown approaches, Senate Democrats are intensifying their opposition to a ...