Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...

In a dramatic break with much of their party, ten Senate Democrats voted alongside Republicans on Friday to pass a six-month ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...

The party’s split over supporting a spending extension to avert a lapse in government funding boiled down to a practical ...

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

The Senate voted to avoid a government shutdown less than nine hours before the deadline, leaving Democrats divided and ...

A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new ...

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Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took heavy criticism from fellow Democrats for backing the GOP measure, which he called ...