Senate lawmakers are expected to vote after taking the first step toward agreeing on a deal that would fully reopen the ...

A Senate plan to take up a major fiscal 2026 appropriations package on the floor next week is looking increasingly like a long shot. After finally bringing a 43-day partial government shutdown to an ...

It was a busy weekend for Senators who convened off-hours to end the shutdown. What happened, and what's next? Another vote?

The Senate approved a long-sought funding package that would end the government shutdown late Monday, bringing Congress one ...

The strategy suggests that appropriators are already gaming out the end of the year and expect to run into at least some ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) offered a plan Friday to end the government shutdown, headlined by a one-year ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) delivered a fiery floor speech Wednesday, chastising his Democratic colleagues for introducing legislation to fund SNAP benefits after consistently voting ...

• Senate moves forward: The Senate has voted 60-40 on a key step toward reopening the government. The vote came after a critical group of eight Senate Democratic centrists reached a deal with Senate ...

The government shutdown is one step closer to ending after the House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s short-term funding ...

During his remarks from the Senate floor today, Senator Jeff Merkley sounded off on President Trump's authoritarian takeover.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., railed against President Donald Trump in a marathon overnight speech starting on Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday morning. "I’m holding the Senate floor to ...