Senate begins voting to advance bill to fund government
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Friday afternoon that the Senate would begin voting immediately on a ...
Government shutdown likely averted after Senate cloture vote
After a nail-biter cloture vote in the U.S. Senate, a government shutdown appears unlikely as Republicans’ stopgap bill now ...
Several Democrats join Republicans to advance funding bill that would avoid government shutdown
The measure had a pathway for passage following the cloture vote on the bill, which passed on a near-partisan basis in the ...
Third Senate Democrat backs GOP spending bill as clock ticks toward government shutdown
The bill will need 60 votes to invoke cloture to advance to a full vote, meaning eight Democrats must join Republicans in approving the stopgap funding bill.
Chuck Schumer’s stumbles leave Democrats without a message
Senate Democrats voted to avoid a shutdown but at the cost of throwing their House counterparts under the bus and enabling ...
Schumer says he'll vote to keep government open as Democrats criticize GOP plan
The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...
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Shutdown avoided as some Senate Dems – but not Kim or Booker – relent on GOP funding bill
The federal government will not shut down today, thanks to a critical group of Senate Democrats – among them Senate Minority ...
Federal spending bill passes, prevents U.S. government shutdown
Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast ...
Government shutdown live updates: Senate sends funding bill to White House; Trump gives campaign-style speech at DOJ
Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...
Senate Democrats unmoved by threat of shutdown; many refuse to follow Schumer's lead
As U.S. senators are poised to vote on advancing Republicans’ six-month Continuing Resolution to keep the government open, ...
Government Shutdown Likely Averted: Senate Advances GOP Funding Bill—Despite Democratic Infighting
Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside all Republicans in a key procedural vote to advance House Republicans’ ...
Senate overcomes first procedural hurdle to pass GOP-led funding bill after Democrats fold to pressure
Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...