The Senate last week rejected proposals to keep the government funded at least temporarily, raising the possibility of a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Hakeem ...

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

Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless ...

As a possible federal shutdown looms, the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump ...

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 ...

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

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

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

In his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" with Kristen Welker, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) remarked on the funding bill in the ...

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 ...