The Senate is up against a government funding deadline Friday and needs 60 votes to keep the lights on and prevent a shutdown starting at midnight Saturday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ...

The Senate Finance Committee holds a confirmation hearing on Friday for Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity who is nominated to ...

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez led a chorus of outrage at Schumer, accusing him of betraying grassroots Democrats who ...

A plain-spoken, sometimes cantankerous lawmaker, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, ...

Lawmakers in New York are split on how to deliver Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed ‘inflation refund’ checks that could send ...

The Senate will vote Friday on a temporary budget to prevent a government shutdown. Democrats are divided on the issue.

With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain non-committal while others publicly ...

The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration and the expected Senate vote on a continuing resolution to avert a ...

In their largely symbolic counterproposals to Hochul’s budget released this week, the state Assembly and Senate rejected the ...

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The Senate has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown. Minority leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats have two painful choices: Vote yes and give President Donald Trump vast discretion ...

Democrats have been struggling in how to deal with the dizzying flood of unilateral actions coming from Donald Trump these past 54 days, but tonight’s midnight deadline to keep the federal ...