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

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said he'll vote to let the GOP-drafted stopgap funding measure pass, likely ...

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.

Senate Republicans and some Democrats voted to advance a stopgap funding bill which clears the path for a final vote to avert ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to advance a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats ...

The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats ...

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a ...

The Senate voted 62 to 38 Friday evening to advance a GOP spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown ...

Ten Senate Democrats joined Republicans this afternoon to advance the government funding bill in a key procedural step, as Congress faces a midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown. Follow for ...

The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine ...

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