A group of moderate Democrats has a tentative deal to reopen the government if Republicans promise to hold a vote on expiring health care subsidies by December, a potential breakthrough as lawmakers ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin will vote against a deal emerging in the Senate that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

The conventional wisdom about government shutdowns is that they always fail. Senate Democrats probably assumed as much when ...

The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in ...

Political prognosticators are always trying to find meaning in off-year elections. And while I think there are some ...

Moderates in the party have been itching to reopen and negotiating with Republicans for weeks. The bipartisan back-channeling has ebbed and flowed, but was notably curtailed last week by Democrats' ...

A bipartisan deal has been reached to the the government shutdown, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats, including Sens.

The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it still ...

The Senate voted late Sunday evening on a compromise that could reopen the government following the longest shutdown in ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that lawmakers planned to hold a test vote on Sunday evening.