The Senate again voted down the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government Wednesday. The 12th vote on the legislation failed 54-46. It followed a 22-hour speech from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.

The Senate on Tuesday failed to reach the 60 votes needed to advance the House-passed bill to end the government shutdown and extend funding into next month, with no new Democrats offering their support.

The Senate began voting just before noon today on an extension to reopen the government. Here's what's happened.

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been speaking for more than 17 hours — with a handful of other Democrats

The second-longest government shutdown enters its 24th day with Congress out of session and the funding lapse heading toward next week.

The Senate will not hold any further votes on the dueling Democratic and Republican funding bills this week. The continued impasse in the Senate extends the shutdown until at least next week, when the upper chamber is expected to return on Tuesday at 3 p.m ...

CONCORD, N.H. -- CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — John E. Sununu enters GOP primary race in New Hampshire for US Senate seat he lost in 2008.

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has been holding the Senate floor for over 15 hours to warn of Trump's growing authoritarianism, citing his attacks on the free press, deployment of the military against peaceful protesters,