Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune pitches an idea to Democrats in an effort to reopen the U.S. government.

Senate Republicans seek the support of five more Senate Democrats to join with three others to approve a continuing resolution to fund the federal government.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republicans are pressing forward with overriding Gov. Mike DeWine’s property-tax reform vetoes less than 24 hours after his work group recommended their ideas be moderated rather ...

The last time Senate Democrats found themselves taking the blame for a government shutdown, they quickly caved. That’s less likely to happen now.

Two Democratic senators and one independent who caucuses with them crossed party lines to support the G.O.P. plan to keep government funding flowing.

The Senate is returning to Capitol Hill Wednesday -- the first day of a government shutdown -- and is expected to again take votes on government funding bills that mirror the failed votes they took on ...

Senate Republicans voted on Wednesday to block a Senate Democratic proposal to fund the federal government through Oct. 31, permanently extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies that are ...

Republicans' recent efforts to end the government shutdown encounters challenges, as Democrats begin to engage more in discussions.

The U.S. government is likely to shut down at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, with Donald Trump, Republicans and Democrats at an impasse and the sides now focusing their attention on winning the media ...

Republican leaders in Congress on Wednesday dug in on pressuring Democrats to vote for a “clean” GOP-crafted stopgap to reopen the government, signaling the Senate will hold repeated votes on the ...

Many local employees at the Bureau of the FIscal Service in Parkersburg were on the job as usual Wednesday, despite the federal government shutdown, a union representative said. The entrance to a ...

Last month, Republicans in the Senate changed leaders as well when Sen. Daniel Bonham, R-The Dalles, resigned from the Senate.