Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a ...
The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the federal government by passing a funding bill after ...
President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
The Senate voted mostly along party lines Friday afternoon to pass the House Republican-drafted bill to fund government ...
Senate Democrats, fearful of what Trump might do during a shutdown, voted in sufficient numbers to pass the GOP continuing resolution.
Democrats have been sharply divided over the Trump-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.
A six-month stopgap funding bill cleared the Senate on Friday after enough Democrats crossed the aisle to vote to end debate.
Amid Democratic warring over Schumer’s decision not to block it, the GOP stopgap bill was passed by the Senate 54-46.
A government shutdown was averted just hours before the Friday 11:59 p.m. deadline after enough Democrats, including Senate ...