1 day ago · Many in the party felt the New York Democrat was not showing sufficient fight, arguing that a government shutdown would have forced Trump and Republicans to the negotiating …

1 day ago · Democrats are facing intense pressure to push back against the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an unofficial department …

2 days ago · Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow a government shutdown, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill the GOP's …

2 days ago · With government funding set to expire on Friday night, Democrats have found themselves in the position of being able to block the GOP bill, but also wary of the government …

3 days ago · Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has said he will support the stopgap funding bill because it is preferable to a government shutdown. Many Senate Democrats said they want a …

1 day ago · Senator Chuck Schumer’s sudden decision on Thursday to support a Republican-written bill to avert a government shutdown so enraged his fellow Democrats that some were …

3 days ago · Despite their opposition to the spending plan, top Democrats are leery of forcing the government into a shutdown, fearing the political blowback after years of castigating …

2 days ago · Fetterman acknowledged that Republicans "are daring" Democrats to shut down the government, but the freshman Democrat worried that furloughed workers and people …

1 day ago · But many Democrats, who were stunned and enraged by Mr. Schumer’s stance, ... “When there is a government shutdown, the president has almost full flexibility to shut down …

2 days ago · The arguments for mounting a Senate blockade even at the risk of a government shutdown are mostly rooted in the opportunity for Democrats to show some resistance to the …