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United States Senate, Democrat and shutdown

Reuters on MSN · 10h

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 · 10h

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 · 2h

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 · 18h

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.

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

Former US Senator Alan Simpson, Affable Old-School Republican, Dies Aged 93

Alan Simpson (R-WY) during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 7, 2022. WASHINGTON, (Reuters) -Alan Simpson, an old school moderate Republican senator who helped craft major U.

The Washington Post on MSN · 20h

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.

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Bill to block Chinese student visas is introduced in US Congress

Republicans in the US House of Representatives introduced a blunt and far-reaching bill on Friday that would block Chinese ...

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Senate Clears the Way to Avert Shutdown After Schumer Relents

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...

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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 ...

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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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Government shutdown live updates: Senate to vote on funding bill today; Dr. Mehmet Oz faces confirmation hearing

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...

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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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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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Mehmet Oz, Trump’s nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid, will testify before a Senate committee Friday

Trump’s allegiance to Oz was further emphasized on Tuesday when the president announced he was nominating Oz’s son-in-law, ...

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