House members in the Congressional Progressive Caucus were giving a news conference Thursday night as news broke that Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) had told colleagues he ...

Schumer's reported support suggests that enough Senate Democrats will join Republicans to move the House-passed bill forward.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans don't have the votes to pass a measure to keep the government funded through September.

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he will vote to advance the Republican funding extension and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.

much worse,” Schumer said. Government funding runs out at midnight Saturday. His decision could motivate other Democrats to vote to advance the bill to the floor on Friday morning. Republicans need ...

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Ocasio-Cortez told CNN in an interview Thursday afternoon it would be a “tremendous mistake” for Schumer to vote to advance the House Republican funding resolution.

The party’s Senate leader said the GOP measure is better than enduring a shutdown, ahead of this weekend’s deadline.

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.