The prospect of a government shutdown grew on Thursday after nearly a dozen Democratic senators came out against a GOP ...

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal ...

N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they will oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR ...

House Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal tells Wolf Blitzer that the harm from the GOP’s funding bill is “far worse” ...

Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by Friday ...

“Democrats need to decide if they’re going to support funding legislation that came over from the House, or if they’re going ...

Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, are poised to force a partial government shutdown by refusing to back a Republican ...

WASHINGTON—The leader of Senate Democrats moved to take the threat of a government shutdown off the table, following a ...

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) join MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart to discuss their plans to vote against a ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...