As the junior senator from Oklahoma, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), 47, has amassed an unusual level of clout in a chamber that values seniority. The former MMA fighter and father ...

Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down on Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted ...

House and Senate Republicans are sinking deeper into an impasse over how to advance President Donald Trump’s vast legislative agenda.

Democrats are still divided over whether they should attempt to utilize their leverage to extract concessions from Republicans or risk a shutdown.

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

Two days out from a government shutdown, Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats find themselves in a serious jam. But some of them are starting to hint at how they might get out of it. Publicly, the ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has signaled his party is prepared to let the government shut down. Why it ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said his party would block a Republican spending bill to avert a government shutdown ...

Senate Democrats are staring down a major dilemma as they agonize over how to handle the GOP’s stopgap spending bill in the ...

Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote to reject the Republicans’ government funding bill, threatening a shutdown if lawmakers do not strike a deal within days. Not enough Democrats support ...