A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday afternoon ahead of the late-night deadline.

The US government was hours from shutting down Friday as Democrats smarting overTrump's spending cuts threatened to block his federal funding plans.

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling that his party would provide the votes to avert a government shutdown.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) appeared on CNN's "The Lead" Thursday to urge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) not to vote for a six-month stopgap spending bill. | Clips

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much worse."

Democrats cry foul after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announces he “will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down."?

March 14 (UPI) -- A midnight Friday deadline is looming for the U.S. Senate to pass a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats under pressure to impose limits on the Trump administration. Schumer told Democrats privately during a spirited closed-door lunch and then…

Schumer's commitment comes a day after the top Senate Democrat said “Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate.”

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman also backed the bill, and other Democrats, wary of being blamed for a shutdown without a clear resolution, appeared inclined to follow suit.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took to the Senate floor on March 14 to explain why he planned to vote to avert a government shutdown by supporting a GOP-led budget bill. Although Schumer...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Thursday on MSNBC's "All In" that the repercussions of shutting down the federal government would be worse than voting for the House funding bill. | Clips

President Donald Trump has showered praises on Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer after he said he would vote to keep the government open. Trump

A government shutdown would lead to real pain for the American people.