Republicans need help to pass a budget to keep the government running, but Democrats can’t overplay their hand.

As Democrats ponder how best to position themselves for a looming spending confrontation, they are finding novel ways to put ...

Senate Democrats are split over how to push back against President Trump’s attempts to slash the U.S. Agency for ...

In the waning months of the Biden administration, the CFPB released a flurry of consumer protection rules. Where do they ...

Democrats in Congress are growing louder with threats to force a shutdown in March to put the brakes on President Trump’s and ...

Two Democratic senators from New Jersey, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, said Democrats should not vote for a spending package that ...

But they do have one looming piece of leverage: the March 14 deadline to avert a government shutdown. House and Senate ...

It was a devil’s advocate monologue aimed not only at explaining why Democrats should refuse to support a single measure that is needed to avert a government shutdown after March 14, but also ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries last week indicated Democrats would consider using the threat of government shutdown to ...

Many exasperated Democrats, even some from battleground House districts, insist a shutdown shouldn’t be off the table if Republicans can’t put up the votes themselves. But Schumer and other ...

Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said in January 2024 that “Democrats are in lockstep that we need to avoid a government shutdown, which would be a disaster for ...

Schumer's stance is at odds with demands from progressive activists, who have been urging Democrats to block all business in ...