Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...

The Senate inched closer to funding the government before the deadline Friday. Needing 60 votes to keep the lights on and ...

Ten Senate Democrats voted Friday to help Republicans break a 60-vote filibuster and advance a Trump-backed government ...

Enough Senate Democrats put their disdain for President Trump aside and voted Friday to end a filibuster of a Republican ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

The Senate voted to advance a bill to fund the federal government through September and avoid a shutdown on Saturday.

Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...

The Senate voted 62 to 38 Friday evening to advance a GOP spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown ...