Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The vote was 60-40, with eight Democrats providing the votes needed. One Republican voted against it. The eight Democrats had been ...

The Senate struck a late-Sunday deal to begin the path to reopening the government after eight Democrats joined Republicans to reach 60 votes, sparking backlash from those who opposed the spending ...

South Carolina and Georgia senators are discussing their votes on the recently passed continuing resolution that could reopen the federal government following the longest shutdown in U.S. history. U.S ...

The Senate voted 60-40 to overcome a filibuster on an updated continuing resolution proposed by the GOP, which would end the 40-day government shutdown. Eight Senate Democrats acquiesced to their ...

The U.S. Senate passed a continuing resolution Monday evening to end the federal government shutdown, but not before a clash of Kentucky's two Republican senators over a provision that critics say ...

The continuing resolution would extend CISA 2015 and the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, reinstating liability shields and threat-sharing protections. Two cybersecurity laws that lapsed during ...