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Chuck Schumer caves, won’t block GOP plan to avert government shutdown in dramatic U-turn

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down “talking filibuster” on two pieces of voting rights

NPR · 10h

Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown

The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.

The New York Times · 2d

House G.O.P. Passes Bill to Avert a Shutdown, Daring the Senate to Accept It

Approval of the bill sent it to the Senate, where Republicans need the cooperation of several Democrats to move it past a filibuster and to passage before a midnight deadline on Friday.

New York Post on MSN · 1d

Government shutdown likely after Schumer says Senate Dems will block GOP funding bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans lack the votes in the upper chamber to pass their plan to avert a looming government shutdown on Friday at midnight.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Senate pushes closer to shutdown after Democrats spurn funding bill

Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by Friday night.

Deseret News on MSN · 4h

Senate Democrats to provide votes for Trump-backed resolution to avoid government shutdown

Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among other party members to allow vote on Republican bill.

CBS News on MSN · 3h

Schumer to vote for GOP measure to avert government shutdown

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the support of Democrats to move forward.

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‘Slap In The Face’: Democrats Rage At Chuck Schumer After His Shutdown Fold

A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he ...

The Missoula Current News12h

Senate Dems set to filibuster GOP budget resolution

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said Democrats will stand in the way of efforts to pass a Republican-led budget ...

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Barely: House GOP passes government funding bill without help from Democrats

House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

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Feuding democrats must decide: Side with Trump, or shut down government

Schumer is under pressure to unite Senate Democrats as his party agonizes over whether to trigger a government shutdown in ...

Schumer Will Clear the Way for G.O.P. Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party

Many Democrats are agitating for their party’s senators to block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the leader said doing so would prompt a shutdown that would only empower Mr. Trump.