Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a shutdown would only strengthen Trump’s hand. They were joined by six more Democrats—Dick Durbin of Illinois,

The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine Democrats and one independent, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., voted in favor of cloture. That vote allowed the bill to pass with a simple majority in the final vote.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) applauded Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for voting in favor of the GOP-authored continuing resolution (CR) while noting the sharp division it drove between the

A Democratic senator appeared less than confident in Leader Schumer during a town hall, remarking on the importance of knowing when to step back.

More than two dozen Democratic U.S. senators called on President Donald Trump on Wednesday to rescind his termination of the two Democratic members of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota sent the letter to the White House asking for the reinstatement of Democratic Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter,

The Trump administration dismissed two Democrats on the US Federal Trade Commission, in the latest move by the White House to assert control over US agencies.