WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate swiftly approved legislation late Friday that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate shared personal and emotional stories Thursday in a failed Republican attempt ...

City officials say a Republican bill to fund the federal government will force the city to lay off all manner of personnel, ...

Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a ...

Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday on a key procedural vote to advance a bill that would ultimately avert a ...

The measure had a pathway for passage following the cloture vote on the bill, which passed on a near-partisan basis in the ...

The Senate voted 62 to 38 Friday evening to advance a GOP spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown ...

A Court of Claims judge recently ruled that the House is legally required to send the bills passed last session to Gov.

Dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Schumer on Friday to express their “strong opposition” to his plan to back the ...

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside all Republicans in a key procedural vote to advance House Republicans’ ...

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...

"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse ...