For Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the overnight session on Thursday is about proving Democrats have a path — and the guts — to get out of the political wilderness. Why it matters: Schumer sees the budget "vote-a-rama" as his shot to convince voters that President Trump's GOP serves billionaires,

The president has endorsed the House GOP's one-bill approach while Senate Republicans want to separate his priorities into two bills.

The Senate was preparing for an all-nighter Thursday night into Friday morning to adopt a GOP-drafted budget resolution that would pave the way for a filibuster-proof border security, defense and energy package.

Senate Republicans announced Wednesday they are muscling ahead with their preferred legislative strategy to jumpstart Donald Trump’s agenda — just hours after the president himself backed a much different approach.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune expressed surprise at President Trump’s declaration of support for the House’s one-bill spending plan, while Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso