House Republicans are hoping to vote Tuesday on a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

The Senate is nearing a key test vote as lawmakers work to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

Amid Democratic warring over Schumer’s decision not to block it, the GOP stopgap bill was passed by the Senate 54-46.

A midnight Friday deadline is looming for the U.S. Senate to pass a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

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

The House passed a bill Tuesday, 217-213, that would keep the government funded through September. The measure next heads to ...