The Senate voted to advance a House-passed measure to fund the government, marking a key breakthrough in the stalemate and paving the way to reopen the government later this week. In a 60 to 40 vote, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was drawing closer to a vote on legislation to end the shutdown on Monday after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted ...

The Senate now has enough Democratic votes to reopen the government after a 40-day shutdown, after a rare Saturday session yielded little progress despite mounting pressures. A group of centrist ...

The Senate will convene Monday at 11:00 a.m. as legislators seem to inch closer to ending the government shutdown. Eight Senate Democrats broke with their caucus to support an updated GOP-proposed ...

The Senate on Thursday will take up competing health care bills as Affordable Care Act subsidies, which took over headlines during the record-long government shutdown, are set to expire at the end of ...

Watch live from the Senate floor. The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care ...

Lawmakers were set to return to Capitol Hill on Monday, Nov. 10 after the Senate voted to clear a path toward ending the longest government shutdown in history. On Nov. 9, the Senate voted 60-40 to ...

• Epstein files: The Senate has unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files as soon as it’s received from the chamber.

The Senate on Thursday failed to move two competing health care bills as Affordable Care Act subsidies, which overtook headlines during the record-long government shutdown, are set to expire at the ...

Iowa Democrats have held onto a critical state Senate seat in a special election Tuesday. Democrat Renee Hardman and ...