Senate overcomes first procedural hurdle to pass GOP-led funding bill after Democrats fold to pressure
Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...
Chuck Schumer says he won't block Republican funding bill amid Democratic divisions over shutdown strategy
Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...
Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending ...
GOP attempt to derail abortion-funding bill falls short after emotional debate
Lawmakers on both sides of the abortion debate shared personal and emotional stories Thursday in a failed Republican attempt ...
Senate Republicans' budget bill rules out federal earmarks for state projects
Rising to leadership of the U.S. Senate appropriations committee this year positioned Republican Sen. Susan Collins to bring home a lot of federal money for projects across Maine. But the stopgap ...
Funding bill heads toward approval, cutting millions in support for Long Island projects
Schumer and Gillibrand together supported a dozen of the Long Island congressmen’s requests and cosponsored two of them, and ...