Senate Democrats reluctantly joined Republicans to narrowly avert a government shutdown.
Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown and capping off a ...
Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...
Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...
The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party was fracturing ... Many in the party felt the New York Democrat was not showing sufficient fight, arguing that a government shutdown would have forced Trump and ...
Washington is now fully set to avert a government shutdown after an up and down week that saw House Republicans offering a united front that cornered resistant Democrats.
Government shutdown deadlines — and even full-on shutdowns — aren’t new for Washington, but this time, with federal funding set to run out Saturday after midnight, no one knows quite what to ...
Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast ...
With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain noncommittal while others publicly declared they would not vote for the short-term Republican budget bill.