WASHINGTON - A partial government shutdown was avoided Friday when the Senate approved a bill to keep the government funded ...

Rep. Laura Friedman's amendment has 60 Democratic co-sponsors and seeks to prevent Donald Trump from "illegally withholding" ...

The Republican-led Senate on Friday voted to end debate on its six-month Continuing Resolution, preparing the chamber to vote on passing the legislation later in the day. A total of 10 Senate ...

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that averts a government shutdown and provides $6 billion in new spending for ...

The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...

Friday evening, the Senate voted 54-46 to pass a short-term spending bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), keeping the ...

The Senate March 14 approved by a vote of 54-46, a continuing resolution to fund the government through Sept. 30. The House ...

The Senate today passed the continuing resolution written by House Republicans to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The vote was 54 to 46. The CR was ...

Senators voted Friday to pass legislation to prevent cuts to the District of Columbia’s local budget after city officials ...

Senate Democrats, fearful of what Trump might do during a shutdown, voted in sufficient numbers to pass the GOP continuing resolution.

Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...