Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is facing the toughest fight of his Senate leadership career amid sharp attacks from his party’s base over his vote to advance a House ...

The legislation would undo a billion-dollar cut to the D.C. government's budget, but it still needs to be approved by the ...

In the end, enough Democratic senators decided a government shutdown would be worse than the plan and backed Senate ...

Rep. Chellie Pingree and Rep. Jared Golden uphold Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives. Sen. Susan Collins and Sen.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) surprised Washington on Thursday by announcing on the Senate floor that he would vote to advance a House Republican-drafted six-month government ...

Congressional appropriators, the lawmakers with jurisdiction over government funding, were once among the most powerful figures on Capitol Hill — tough and often-revered negotiators who struck ...

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.

Both of Maine’s senators, Republican Susan Collins and independent Angus ... be even worse and backed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s strategy to allow the bill to come forward.

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department, an ...

The continuing resolution approved by the House this week would force D.C. officials to make $1 billion in cuts to city ...

The government funding bill that’s headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...