The Senate moved a step closer Tuesday toward action on a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

As expected, a Senate bill designed to end tax breaks for U.S. companies that move jobs and manufacturing plants overseas failed a key test vote Tuesday.

Lawmakers are largely ignoring an Obama administration shopping list as they fashion a stopgap spending bill that's needed to avoid a government shutdown Friday.

The Senate is unlikely to vote on legislation to pressure China to raise the value of its currency until after the November 2 congressional elections, a Democratic senator said on Tuesday.

HARRISBURG - On a cold day in January, the head of the state police's special intelligence unit was summoned to the FBI's office in Philadelphia.