Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...
President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation ...
The vote came at a steep price for Democrats, fracturing the party with calls to oust Schumer as leader and primary Democrats who sided with the GOP.
After a 54-46 vote, the measure now heads to Trump to sign into law hours before government funding was set to lapse.
A GOP funding bill passed the Senate on Friday in a vote that narrowly averted a government shutdown hours before the ...
Ten Senate Democrats helped Republicans advance a GOP-crafted stopgap spending bill, paving the way for it to pass ahead of the midnight deadline despite concerns from scores of their colleagues.
Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...