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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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….
Read More After a White House meeting yesterday with the four congressional leaders that yielded no progress, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) says he expects the Senate to begin voting at 5 P.M. today on competing Democratic and Republican proposals to fund the government, but both proposals are expected to fail to advance, putting Washington…
Read More With less than thirty six hours until the government shuts down, President Donald J. Trump is scheduled to meet with the top four congressional leaders Monday in a high-stakes sit-down at the White House that could determine whether the federal government shuts down this week. Funding is set to run out at 12:01 A.M. Wednesday…
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