Over $15 billion in earmarked funding won't be spent this year. It's vulnerable Republicans and their districts who stand to ...

Comedian Stephen Colbert pressed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on his show Thursday over his support for a ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made the tough decision to break with Democrats and pass ...

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said a government shutdown would have been “10 or 20 times worse” ...

N.Y., said he would not resign and defended his vote in favor of the spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won't resign his post, despite pressure from some in his party after he voted ...

Stephen Colbert pressed Chuck Schumer on his reasons for supporting a GOP-backed bill and whether he'll be handing them a similar win in September.

Schumer said that while the Continuing Resolution was “certainly bad,” a shutdown “would be 15 or 20 times worse.” ...

But in the end, enough of the Democratic senators decided a government shutdown would be even worse, and backed Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's strategy to allow the bill to come forward.

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it to President Donald ...

The Senate has passed a Republican-led six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure Senate Majority Leader John Thune ...