Are we heading toward another government shutdown this week? Here's the latest updates on a Senate vote on spending bills including ICE funding.

Senate Democrats and a few Republicans on Thursday blocked a major government funding package that needs to pass by 11:59 p.m. Friday to avoid a government shutdown, signaling that negotiations between President Trump and Senate Democrats still have a way to go before reaching a deal.

The debate over congressional redistricting heated up Thursday as one Democratic senator demanded the full Senate be allowed to vote on the bill, before storming off the floor. But the bill still sits in committee,

Georgia's Senate passed a bill allowing the Ethics Commission to subpoena out-of-state groups suspected of violating campaign finance laws.

There’s a good chance snow will be cleared in D.C. by Thursday’s markup—but a “99%” chance the bill won’t receive any Democratic support, one Senate source said.

In a narrowly divided party-line vote, The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version of crypto market legislation in a 12-11 vote Thursday, marking a milestone in congressional efforts to finally legislate comprehensive crypto market structure rules.

A pair of Democratic senators is touting tens of millions of dollars in federal funding they “secured” for local projects in their home state despite voting against the legislation. Opposing a White House-brokered funding deal that cleared Congress on Tuesday and was signed into law by President Donald Trump didn’t stop Sens.

The Washington state Senate is expected to vote soon on legislation that would regulate automatic license plate reader cameras, a surveillance technology widely used by law enforcement and local governments and sold under brand names including Flock.

The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would ban student phone use during the school day — roughly four hours after Gov. Josh Shapiro advocated for a ban in his budget address. Shapiro endorsed a bell-to-bell phone ban in a social media post last week,

Automatic license plate reader technology gathers data and images for use by government agencies for law enforcement, and this bill prevents that data from being used by immigration authorities.

The House on Tuesday voted to advance a funding package to end the partial government shutdown, as Republicans who at times have bickered over procedural votes stuck together and moved the package a significant step closer to President Trump’s desk.