The US Senate approved a six-month provisional budget just hours before the current budget period expires, preventing the shutdown of federal offices. Senators from the Democratic Party assisted in ...

The fund was meant to allot $22.8 billion to cover expanded benefits for former service members sickened by military toxic ...

While Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King voted for the spending measure to avoid a shutdown, it eliminates millions of ...

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...

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

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

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

Local Representatives Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith, and John McGuire, as well as U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner are ...

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation ...