Fragile coalition emerges as Senate Democrats may break with party to pass spending bill, potentially ending shutdown but scoring no healthcare wins.

Senators ended a rare Saturday session at the Capitol with no votes, no text of a three-bill “minibus” and few signs of ...

Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care ...

The Senate on Friday failed to pass a bill to pay federal workers forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, with Democrats refusing to yield to GOP attempts to fund any parts of the ...

Senate Republicans consider alternative options as government shutdown continues with slowed negotiations over funding bill ...

The bipartisan group of rank-and-file senators who have been negotiating a way out of the shutdown are mulling over a number ...

Democrats on Friday twice blocked a proposal from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to pay federal workers during the shutdown. A motion to advance a bill to pay excepted employees and members of the ...

The U.S. Senate later this week aims to vote on a drastically scaled-back Republican coronavirus aid bill, Majority Leader ...

Congress has moved to prevent money from the proposed $825 billion stimulus package from being used for zoos, aquariums, golf courses, swimming pools and casinos, an effort to ensure the bill funds ...