Democrats say they won’t back any funding proposal unless they get something in return. Republicans have rejected their demands so far.

Mo., said Tuesday that Democrats are using a potential government shutdown as a leveraging tool to get what they want despite them not being in the majority. "They're trying to use the government shutdown as a leveraging tool against really what the American people voted for,

Alaska’s U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of two Senate Republicans to vote against a GOP-backed funding resolution.

Michigan lawmakers race to reach a budget agreement before the October 1 deadline to avoid a government shutdown.

"I think that the viable path to avoiding a shutdown, unlike in past showdowns where we've had this before, it's really almost closed," said Mitchell Miller.

Senate Democrats on Friday voted to block a Republican stopgap spending measure that would keep the government open through late November, setting up a perilous showdown with just days before federal funding lapses and no clear path to prevent a partial shutdown.

Two top Democrats want a meeting with President Donald Trump as the deadline to avert a government shutdown looms.

The Pennsylvania Democrat voted for both the Democratic and Republican plans to avoid the impending government shutdown slated for just after midnight on Oct. 1.