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President Donald J. Trump late Wednesday signed into law a funding bill to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.  The measure, which will fund government operations through the end of January, was passed by the House of Representatives earlier Wednesday night in a 222-209 vote.  Just two Republicans in the House voted…

The House has returned to Capitol Hill after nearly two months (54 days) out of session for a vote that could reopen the federal government and end the record-long shutdown.  The Senate passed legislation on Monday night to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, after a critical splinter group of eight Democrats joined with Republicans…

Senate Democrats will meet at a special caucus lunch hosted by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (New York) on Thursday afternoon to discuss a potential deal to reopen the government, but many Democrats say they need much bigger concessions from Republicans to support it.  Democrats will hold the meeting in the Capitol ahead of a…

Voters in New Jersey, New York City, Virginia and California delivered Democrats a sweep on Tuesday, electing candidates across the party’s ideological spectrum in a vivid show of discontent with President Donald J. Trump nearly a year into his second term.  Senate Democrats involved in talks to end the government shutdown are trying to use…

The Senate just failed to advance a bill to reopen the federal government for the 14th time, even as the chamber shows signs of life towards a possible deal to end the shutdown.  Senators voted 54-44 on the House-passed “clean” continuing resolution, which would have funded the government through November 21st.   It needed 60 votes…

The Senate will reconvene this afternoon at 3:00 P.M. and is not currently scheduled to vote on a House-passed measure to fund the government.  The government shutdown is on track to become the longest in history on Tuesday, when it would eclipse the 2018-2019 funding lapse. Without an unforeseen breakthrough in the Senate, the current…

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to end the 28-day shutdown.  The House-passed measure to fund the government through November 21st failed by a 54-45 vote, it needed 60 votes…

The Senate just reconvened this afternoon to vote for an 11th time on advancing a House-passed measure to fund the government and end the ongoing shutdown. The bill has fallen short of the 60 votes needed to advance in every vote so far, and there are no signs that the dynamic has changed. The next…

After failing nine times, the Senate on Thursday failed to reopen the government for the 10th time as the shutdown stretches into its third week.  This was the third time this week that the Senate considered the House-backed GOP measure, but the vote margins did not budge and the bill failed 51-45. It needed 60…

The stalemate over how to reopen the federal government will extend into a third week with no resolution in sight, as Democrats and Republicans continue to trade blame for the shutdown that began on October 1st.  The Senate returns this afternoon and is expected to vote again on a House-passed measure to fund the government….