S.D., needs eight Democrats to end the shutdown, but Senate Minority Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., insists President Trump must approve the deal first.

Congress was no step closer to ending the government shutdown after the Senate rejected, for the fifth time, plans to reopen the government.

Two big stories are roiling Washington as the Senate prepares for votes later today on ending the government shutdown and as a federal judge late Sunday temporarily halted President Trump’s efforts to send any National Guard troops to Oregon.

The possibility of layoffs escalates an already tense situation in which lawmakers have struggled to find common ground.

La., accused Senate Democrats of not being "serious" with their intentions to negotiate an end to the ongoing federal government shutdown

Congressional Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse, primarily over an extension to pandemic-era health care subsidies.

The federal government remains closed amid a bitter impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.President Donald Trump and Republicans have cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats' health care demands,

In a social media post, the far-right Georgia congresswoman called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, lowering the threshold on future legislation to a simple majority.