With time running out, Congress returns Monday to try to pass a short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown and avoid yet another market-rattling showdown over the federal budget. The Democratic-led Senate, which on Friday blocked a GOP House measure to fund the government through Nov. 18, will vote late Monday on its own version of the bill. Read full article gt;gt;

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With aid to disaster victims running out, the Senate Democratic leader on Friday vowed to hold a quick vote to defeat a House-passed spending bill, clearing the way for negotiations to avoid a government shutdown.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With aid to disaster victims running out, the Senate Democratic leader on Friday vowed to hold a quick vote to defeat a House-passed spending bill, clearing the way for negotiations to avoid a government shutdown.

BOSTON — Elizabeth Warren laughed at the notion of running for Senate when Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank broached the idea early this year. At the time, the fiery Harvard law professor was caught in a political stalemate over whether she should lead the new federal consumer watchdog agency that she is widely credited with inventing. Republicans reviled her, and she had never run for elected ...

With federal disaster relief funds close to running dry, the Senate is set to vote on a $7 billion aid bill to replenish them. Democrats hope to garner the 60 votes needed to overcome a Republican filibuster.