Back pay for federal employees and a reversal of recent reductions-in-force are both included in the Senate’s initial agreement toward ending the shutdown.

Sen. John Thune rejected Democrats’ plan to extend Obamacare subsidies, calling it wasteful and ineffective ahead of today’s likely Senate vote.

Sen. Bernie Sanders slams 8 Democrats who voted with Republicans on continuing resolution, calling it a 'very bad vote' that hurts working families.

The government shutdown is one step closer to ending after the House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s short-term funding bill Tuesday night. The

Republican Sen. John Kennedy (La.) said the Senate has done “zero, zilch, nada” since it passed the tax and spending megabill in July and that leadership “ignores” him when he proposes solutions