Chuck Schumer caves, won’t vote to 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
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.
"There's real risks": Senate Democrats fear that Musk and Trump could exploit a government shutdown
Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., has voiced concern about Trump's ability to choose who is furloughed in a shutdown, telling CNN’s Manu Raju that “If you shut down the government, the president is the person who decides what is essential. He decides what part of the government stays open, so you are actually giving him even more power.”
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.
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.
US Senate Poised to Pass Republican Stopgap Spending Bill, Avert Shutdown
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives earlier this week passed the measure, which largely leaves spending steady at about $6.75 trillion in the fiscal year that ends September 30. Democrats expressed anger over the bill,
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.
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The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration and the expected Senate vote on a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown.
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Senate Dems set to filibuster GOP budget resolution, raising shutdown fears
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said Democrats will stand in the way of efforts to pass a Republican-led budget ...
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.
Schumer Will Clear the Way for G.O.P. Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party
Many Democrats had agitated for the party to hang together and block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the ...
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Cut the Senate Democrats Some Slack
Democrats have reasons to filibuster the Republican bill that keeps the government open without restraining mass government ...
House passes GOP funding bill backed by Trump. Now a showdown looms in Senate.
The House passed a government funding bill, daring Senate Democrats to oppose it and risk a partial shutdown as stocks wobble ...
The End of Politics
American politics has ended, at least temporarily. The out-party has to do something to try to reverse that, no? Even if that something risks making it toxic to swing voters.
Thune touts Washington Examiner report on Senate floor for Democratic filibusters
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) cited Washington Examiner reporting in his criticism Monday from the chamber floor ...
Trump’s presidency moves into a new phase with a critical test of his power in Congress
Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...