The House is out of session for the Democrat’s Issues Retreat and will return on Tuesday, March 3rd. The Senate convened at 10:00 A.M. and will take up Confirmation of Executive Calendar #651 Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy. Before leaving this week, the Senate will tee up a…
Read More The Senate failed to advance a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, 11 days into a partial government shutdown with no apparent end in sight. In a 50 to 45 vote, the measure fell well short of the 60-vote threshold needed to move forward. The vote marked a second attempt to…
Read More Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week facing an uphill climb to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Republicans see an opening after President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address at 9:00 PM EST tonight- despite few signs that Democrats are willing to compromise on their demands. Discussions between the two sides…
Read More The Senate failed to advance a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, paving the way for another partial government shutdown without a last-minute breakthrough. In a 52 to 47 vote, all but one Democrat opposed moving forward with the bill, which would fund DHS through September. The motion needed 60 votes…
Read More Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) says Senate Democrats will block another short-term funding resolution to keep the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operating past Friday because Republicans haven’t done enough to meet their demands to overhaul Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). With only three days from a DHS shutdown left, Democrats will not…
Read More The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Friday to pass a major funding package consisting of five regular appropriations bills and a two-week stopgap measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The 71-29 vote caps a week of Senate drama after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, sparking a…
Read More Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and President Donald J. Trump are moving toward a deal to separate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding from five other House-passed appropriations bills in hopes of avoiding a partial government shutdown this weekend. No agreement has been reached yet but the discussions are ongoing and moving in…
Read More Senate Republicans and Democrats will head into separate lunches Wednesday for their first in-person conference meetings on how to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the week with partisan divisions over the Homeland Security bill reaching the brink amid a weather-shortened week. Democrats expect to come out of lunch with a firmer…
Read More Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) announced Monday that Senate Democrats are prepared to speed up passage of five government funding bills — but not funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — to avoid a large swath of the government shutting down at the end of the week. Senate Majority Leader John…
Read More Chances for a partial shutdown of the U.S. government by the end of this week grew exponentially on Sunday due to outrage over federal immigration agents fatally shooting Alex Pretti in Minnesota, the second such horrific incident this month. A growing crowd of Democratic senators warned that they will not vote for a massive $1.2…
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