Spending bill to avert shutdown successfully beats filibuster with hours until deadline
The Senate voted on a key procedural motion regarding the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday. If a measure is not passed by midnight, the government will enter a shutdown.
Government shutdown averted as Democrats help Senate advance GOP spending bill
Democrats helped the Senate advance the GOP spending bill with a vote of 62-38. Steve Saldivar. More Videos. Could President Trump’s tariffs spur a recession?
The Latest: Senate Has Just Hours Left to Avoid a Partial Government Shutdown
The Senate is finding itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare Friday. Democrats have only painful options: allow passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending decisions,
Live updates: Trump-backed measure to avert government shutdown advances in Senate with Democratic support
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration and the expected Senate vote on a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown.
When is the government shutdown deadline? Here's what could happen if Senate doesn't pass bill
For the second time in less than four months, a government shutdown is looming with a matter of hours until a Friday night deadline.
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,
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Missouri Senate Democrats begin filibuster over constitutional amendment changes in final days of session
The ballot candy provisions were included in State Senator Coleman’s original version but were stripped out of the version the Senate approved following a more than 20-hour filibuster by Senate ...
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Why Texas and a filibuster go together like a cold beer and a hot day
Even before Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had finished his 21-hour almost-filibuster, his feat of stamina was being compared and contrasted with other recent classics of the genre: The 13-hour ...
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Ditch the Filibuster
Harry Reid is a former Senate majority leader from Nevada. A real fix for this country would be the abolition of the Senate filibuster in all its forms, allowing for a simple majority vote ...
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Kamala Harris Makes It Clear: The Only Way to Preserve the Filibuster Is to Elect a Republican Senate
The Problem with Executing Spies Elon Musk Is an Essential Trump Employee Vice President Kamala Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio: “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe.” ...
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Wendy Davis' stunning filibuster of a Texas abortion bill
Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the ... would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, require that doctors ...
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The Role of the Filibuster
The filibuster empowers the minority and frustrates the majority. Extended debate has always been a part of the way the Senate does its legislative business. Copied This week on the “Heritage ...