The Senate has swiftly approved legislation that would allow the District of Columbia to keep its budget intact.

Advocates are seizing the moment to call for change, urging Congress not to “get back in the city management business” before ...

The Senate has passed a six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to ...

The government funding bill that’s headed to the White House limits Washington, D.C.’s ability to fully use its local tax ...

The continuing resolution cuts some funding for transportation safety projects and Army Corps of Engineers civil works.

After a 54-46 vote, the measure now heads to Trump to sign into law hours before government funding was set to lapse.

UPDATED with Senate passage, 4:01 PM: The Senate passed a bill to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year and ...

Senate Democrats voted to avoid a shutdown but at the cost of throwing their House counterparts under the bus and enabling ...

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

Washington is now fully set to avert a government shutdown after an up-and-down week that saw House Republicans offering a ...

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson, one of the most colorful lawmakers in recent congressional history, died Friday at age ...