The eight Democratic defectors who joined Republicans to reopen the government are facing widespread criticism from within their party.

A deal is reportedly "within reach" to end the 40-day long government shutdown — according to a new report from Axios out ...

A group of moderate Democrats has a tentative deal to reopen the government if Republicans promise to hold a vote on expiring health care subsidies by December, a potential breakthrough as lawmakers ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin will vote against a deal emerging in the Senate that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

The conventional wisdom about government shutdowns is that they always fail. Senate Democrats probably assumed as much when ...

The U.S. Senate on Sunday night voted to advance a proposal that, if passed by Congress, would fund the federal government ...

Moderates in the party have been itching to reopen and negotiating with Republicans for weeks. The bipartisan back-channeling has ebbed and flowed, but was notably curtailed last week by Democrats' ...

Lawmakers in the Senate cut a deal Sunday evening to end a federal government shutdown, but the path ahead still remained ...

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey issued statements criticizing the agreement which does not guarantee the ...

The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats, including Sens.

One of the top concerns in the shutdown fight has been Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which have seen a ...