A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer told colleagues behind closed doors on Thursday that he would vote to advance a ...

Schumer's reported support suggests that enough Senate Democrats will join Republicans to move the House-passed bill forward.

Republicans control the Senate 53-47 but need Democratic help to get the spending bill across the finish line. Eight ...

Democrats insist that this is a dire moment for the nation. A government-funding deadline is a chance for them to show that ...

Senate Democrats are attempting to balance rejecting the GOP-back stopgap measure with preventing the government from shutting down.

Senate Democrats are considering a plan that would pave the way for a GOP bill to keep the government funded for six months ...

Democrats have criticized Republicans for their hesitation to pass government funding legislation, while their own party is currently on the brink of allowing a federal shutdown.

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

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on edge as the Senate struggles to reach a deal ahead of Friday night's looming ...

The prospect of a government shutdown grew on Thursday after nearly a dozen Democratic senators came out against a GOP ...