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United States Senate, Democrat and shutdown

Reuters on MSN · 11h

US Senate passes bill to avert shutdown, House Democrats turn on Schumer

The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce.

CNN on MSN · 11h

Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes stopgap funding bill

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

TIME on MSN · 3h

Here Are the Senate Democrats Who Helped Republicans Avert a Shutdown

Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a shutdown would only strengthen Trump’s hand. They were joined by six more Democrats—Dick Durbin of Illinois,

Alan Simpson, United States Senate and Republican

CNN on MSN · 19h

Alan Simpson, an outspoken Wyoming Republican who carved a moderate path in the US Senate, dies

Alan Simpson, a longtime Republican senator from Wyoming who championed bipartisan solutions and steadfastly advocated for a moderate blend of conservatism, has died. He was 93.

The Washington Post on MSN · 21h

Alan Simpson, three-term senator known for barbed wit, dies at 93

Pushing the 1986 immigration reform bill through Congress — his major legislative accomplishment — was like “giving dry birth to a porcupine,” he quipped.

The New York Times · 21h

Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93

A plain-spoken lawmaker from Wyoming, he balanced his conservative views with moderate stands on abortion rights, gay marriage and immigration reform.

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House Democratic leader Jeffries pushes back on divisions with Senate Democrats

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tussled with reporters Friday, pushing back against the notion that the Democratic ...

Medicare Pay Cut Stands as Congress Advances Budget Bill to Avoid US Government Shutdown

Lawmakers have ignored calls from their own advisers as well as physician groups to boost pay for clinicians amid rising ...

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US House Republicans pass stopgap bill to fund government

The continuing resolution will need to be passed by the Senate and signed by Trump into law by Friday to avoid a shutdown.

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Democrats erupt after Senate leader caves to GOP in funding fight

After the top Democrat in the Senate announced he would vote to advance the GOP-led funding bill, other party members erupted ...

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Senate nears final approval of a bill that could increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers

The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...

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CNN's Manu Raju: Enough Senate Democrats Appear Ready To Pass House GOP Spending Plan

CNN's Capitol Hill correspondent Manu Raju reports on the struggle taking place within the Senate Democratic caucus over ...

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Senate Democrats Balk at Funding Extension, Raising the Risk of a Shutdown

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

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US military doctors aren't ready for the next war, retired Air Force trauma surgeon tells Congress

Witnesses and senators repeatedly referenced an analysis that found only 10% of military surgeons were ready for war in 2019, ...

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