Democratic leaders are adamantly opposed and are threatening a government shutdown if Republicans don’t let them have a say ...

Dem Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday refused to rule out caving to President Trump’s demand for a “clean” ...

Congress is moving head-first toward a government shutdown after the Senate voted down a pair of stopgap spending bills, including a “clean” one proposed by the GOP to keep the lights on for seven ...

The conventional view in Washington, D.C., is that the instigators of a shutdown always lose politically but the actual ...

The Democrats are choosing a tricky path that will require discipline and focus if they are to prevail in winning the ...

And the federal government never really completely shuts down. Social Security checks will still be distributed and Medicare ...

A Republican measure to keep the government funded past Oct. 1 stalled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday.

U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, on Saturday ...

Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless President Trump intervenes to cut a deal with Democrats. Senate Majority ...

The Senate must pass a Republican-proposed short-term spending bill by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown, amid ongoing ...

Two top Democrats want a meeting with President Donald Trump as the deadline to avert a government shutdown looms.

Still locked out of power in Washington, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his party are seizing on a fresh battle ...