The Senate moves to prevent government shutdowns permanently with bipartisan legislation that would strip lawmakers of recess ...

Food stamp enrollment in Washington state fell sharply between last summer and early this year amid federal cuts to the ...

Six Democratic Senators split with their party and voted to advance a package that would reopen the government.

The U.S. is closer to ending the government shutdown after a small group of mostly Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to ...

Senators have unanimously approved a resolution to withhold their pay during government shutdowns. Lawmakers said the measure ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown entered its 60th day on Wednesday, but House Republicans are standing in the way of reopening much of the agency. Congress returned in full on ...

Senators adopted a resolution by unanimous consent on Thursday to withhold their own pay during government shutdowns. The ...