It's one of the biggest legislative tests so far of the President Donald Trump's second term, prompting Vice President JD ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to ...

The Senate will vote Friday on a temporary budget to prevent a government shutdown. Democrats are divided on the issue.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...

The Senate will vote Friday on a temporary budget to keep the government open, facing a midnight deadline to avoid a shutdown ...

The Michigan Senate passed its two-bill spending plan to close the books on the state’s last budget Thursday.

The hearing falls on a busy day in Washington as Congress has until midnight to pass a spending bill to avoid a government ...

Senate President Mattie Daughtry, a Democrat, accused Republicans of 'moving the goalpost' with their call for reforms and ...

The bill aims to fill a nearly $120 million funding shortfall in MaineCare — the state's Medicaid program — and to provide $2 ...

Senate Democrats are staring down a major dilemma as they agonize over how to handle the GOP’s stopgap spending bill in the ...

With the clock ticking toward a partial government shutdown, Washington, D.C., is staring down a potential $1 billion budget shortfall that could slash funding for police, schools, and public services ...

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