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

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

WASHINGTON—The leader of Senate Democrats moved to take the threat of a government shutdown off the table, following a ...

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

Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) join MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart to discuss their plans to vote against a ...

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

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

Bills filed by Democrats would make legislative records public again and prevent quick rollouts of massive budget bills.

Republicans say their spending bill would let Trump defund whatever projects he wants. Chuck Schumer and Senate Dems are expected to help advance it.

Schumer relented one day after vowing that Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...