Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...

WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat.

Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they must choose between shutting down the government or folding to ...

“In Senator Schumer’s last five months as majority leader ... If the Democrat leader has problems with the current situation, he should have funded the government when he was in charge ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Congress is operating under a temporary funding measure until March 14, while Senate negotiations continue over a Republican proposal to extend it through September.

It's up to the Senate to pass the spending bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk to avert a possible government shutdown.

The Senate passed a six-month funding bill Friday to avert a government shutdown hours ahead of the midnight deadline, ...

The compromise deal rejected Thursday would have restored full MaineCare funding to hospitals and other medical providers.