The procedural hurdle required 60 votes and presented the latest test for Senate Democrats whether to side with Republicans ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned that Congress may be careening towards a partial government shutdown this fall ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is warning Democrats will suffer the blame if the government shuts down later this year.

In the House, Republicans are ignoring Democratic priorities in government funding bills, moving forward with deep spending ...

The Senate minority leader is under pressure to find a strategy that unifies Democrats. No one agrees what that is yet.

The last time Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) threatened to withhold Democratic votes and force a government ...

Schumer’s implicit shutdown threat is a noticeable departure from his decision to avert a lapse in government funding in March by supplying the votes to pass a Trump-backed stopgap spending bill.

Schumer’s implicit shutdown threat is a noticeable departure from his decision to avert a lapse in government funding in March by supplying the votes to pass a Trump-backed stopgap spending bill.

Okla, discusses the chances of a government shutdown and President Donald Trump's tax bill on 'Mornings with Maria.' ...

By cutting funding that Democrats had previously secured through negotiations, Republicans may force Chuck Schumer to show he is willing to fight Trump.