The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Some Senate Democrats, including Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, have alternatively pushed for a four-week stopgap ...

Enough Senate Democrats put their disdain for President Trump aside and voted Friday to end a filibuster of a Republican ...

Ten Democrats joined with Republicans to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the measure. The vote was 62-38.

Senate Republicans and some Democrats voted to advance a stopgap funding bill which clears the path for a final vote to avert ...

Senate Democrats, fearful of what Trump might do during a shutdown, voted in sufficient numbers to pass the GOP continuing resolution.

After Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that he would reluctantly support the bill, he bore the brunt of that anger, including a protest at his office, calls from progressives that he be primaried ...

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Senate today voted to advance a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald ...

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

Nine Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted with Republicans to advance a bill funding the government through September and requiring $13 billion in non-defense spending cuts.