The bipartisan group of rank-and-file senators who have been negotiating a way out of the shutdown are mulling over a number of modifications to the bill. Lawmakers are expected to attempt to change the date that the short-term extension of government funding expires to a yet-to-be-determined later day.

The Senate blocked a resolution last month that sought to stop the boat strikes by a narrow 51-48 vote, mostly along party lines, with two Republicans backing the resolution and o

Alaska’s two U.S. senators split on a vote that would have allowed the U.S. Senate to take up a resolution that sought to prevent President Donald Trump from unilaterally ordering the bombing of Venez...

Democrats and a small number of Republicans have grown increasingly alarmed about Mr. Trump’s expanding war, carried out without consultation with or authorization by Congress.