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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is tossing a curveball into the shutdown fight as he plans to bring a full-year spending bill for the Pentagon to the floor on Thursday, effectively
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Senate tees up defense spending vote for Thursday amid government shutdown
Senate Democrats said their support for the Pentagon bill would depend on what measures Republicans attempt to attach to it.
The government shutdown will last at least until at least next week, as the Senate adjourned until Tuesday after another round of failed votes to reopen the government.
Senate Republicans formally voted for Sen. Jim Boyd to lead the chamber after the 2026 elections during a ceremony in the Capitol on Oct. 14.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats.
Jim Boyd, a veteran lawmaker who heads an insurance and investment firm in Bradenton, was formally selected Tuesday by Senate Republicans to become the next Senate president.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday slammed as "a boondoggle" the expiring Obamacare premium tax breaks, escalating his attacks against Democrats demanding renewal of those subsidies to end the U.S. government shutdown.
Senate passage of the annual defense policy bill paves the way for the chamber to formally negotiate with the House on a compromise version.
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