Thune said the Nov. 21 funding date set by a House-passed bill, which has failed in the Senate 13 times, will need to be extended into January.

President Donald Trump says he “won't be extorted” by Democrats to reopen the government, making clear that he has no plans to negotiate as the government shutdown will soon enter its sixth week. In ...

On the Senate floor today, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calls out Donald Trump and Republicans for having no ...

On the Senate floor today, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) calls on Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues to negotiate with ...

S.D., and Senate Republicans consider extending government funding deadline into January as House-passed Nov. 21 date becomes ...

The Illinois House rejected a bill that would have given the state Department of Insurance authority to regulate homeowners’ insurance rates.

Illinois House and Senate leaders are touting legislation they say will protect people from federal immigration enforcement, ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who told reporters on Monday that there won't be changes to the Senate rule any time soon.

A bill that failed in the House would have given state insurance regulators authority to review and approve rates charged for ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he's "optimistic" about ending the government shutdown this week, and that the upper cham ...

The shutdown, now in its 34th day, will become the longest in U.S. history on Tuesday, Nov. 4, surpassing the record set in ...

With the country nearing the record for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the stalemate over federal funding ...