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The Senate on Wednesday failed for the ninth time to reopen the federal government as the impasse on Capitol Hill deepens. On Thursday, the upper chamber will switch gears and vote on
A federal judge today granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from laying off federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown, which has now stretched to two weeks.
Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and supported the measure. Wednesday’s ...
The Senate on Tuesday opted not to hold votes on a pair of competing bills to end the government shutdown. Both the bills, including a GOP-crafted, House-passed “clean” resolution, have failed five times on the floor already.
Speaker Johnson speaks alongside GOP leaders as the Senate is poised for an eighth test vote on Republicans' funding plan to reopen the government.