Schumer claimed that Republicans set Democrats a government shutdown “trap” as he defended backing the short-term spending ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer defends his vote with Republicans to keep the government open and his position as leader ...

Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer gave members of his caucus days to vent their frustration about the options before ...

WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat.

Of the Democratic senators who voted to move the bill forward, only three seats are up for reelection in 2026.

The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...

Democrats are openly questioning whether they lost their last point of leverage by ceding to Republicans in the latest ...

Ten Senate Democrats led by Schumer joined with Republicans to pass a stopgap spending bill on March 14 that averts a ...

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to ...

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