Schumer came under fierce criticism in March for helping to advance a shutdown-avoiding spending bill written solely by ...

It's already been a long year for members of Congress, especially Senators, who are putting in more days at the Capitol than ...

The rescinding of $1.1 billion in federal support for public media resulted in the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ...

Lawmakers will use much of September to work on spending bills for the coming budget year, which begins Oct. 1.

Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask the partisan tensions that are brewing on government funding and President ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) sent a letter to Republican leaders Monday demanding a “Big Four” leadership meeting this week to ...

The Senate took a significant step Friday towards averting a partial government shutdown in the fall by passing a tranche of ...

Overwhelming bipartisan passage of $488 billion in federal funding masked a bigger fight ahead over funding the rest of the ...

Senate advances spending package despite Republican concerns over increased funding levels as lawmakers race to prevent ...

Growing Democratic rancor in the U.S. Congress over President Donald Trump's tactics on the federal budget is threatening the ...