Forty-two days after it began, Congress is one step closer to ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, but a ...

Senator Durbin defended his vote to end the federal shutdown for federal workers' pay and SNAP benefits extension.

The Senate approved a deal to end the country's longest-ever shutdown Monday night, bringing the U.S. government one step ...

Illinois Democrats have criticized Sen. Dick Durbin for voting with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown, as ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is once again at odds with other prominent Democrats over a vote that set in motion a plan to end the ...

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after the government funding vote:“Trump and Republicans ...

As Washington moves to end the shutdown, some Democrats say the deal sacrifices health care relief for working families.

The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with Republicans despite searing ...

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act on October 30.

Over 2,300 flights were canceled and more than 8,700 delayed on the fourth day of disruptions, significantly lower than the figures recorded on Sunday.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, one of eight members of the chamber to cross party lines and endorse a GOP plan to end the nation’s ...