Chuck Schumer caves, won’t vote to block GOP plan to avert government shutdown in dramatic U-turn
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down “talking filibuster” on two pieces of voting rights
Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown
The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.
Senate pushes closer to shutdown after Democrats spurn funding bill
Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by Friday night.
Government shutdown likely after Schumer says Senate Dems will block GOP funding bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans lack the votes in the upper chamber to pass their plan to avert a looming government shutdown on Friday at midnight.
‘Slap In The Face’: Democrats Rage At Chuck Schumer After His Shutdown Fold
A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he announced his decision. But nobody really knows
Chuck Schumer will vote for Republican funding bill, reducing shutdown odds
N.Y., said he will vote to advance the Republican funding extension and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day Friday. "While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much,
Dems cry foul after Schumer's announcement on impending vote to avert government shutdown
Democrats cry foul after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announces he “will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down."?
Chuck Schumer says he won't block Republican funding bill amid Democratic divisions over shutdown strategy
Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a government shutdown would be a worse option.
Schumer to vote for GOP measure to avert government shutdown
The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the support of Democrats to move forward.
Senate Democrats to provide votes for Trump-backed resolution to avoid government shutdown
Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among ...
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Senate Dems set to filibuster GOP budget resolution, raising shutdown fears
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said Democrats will stand in the way of efforts to pass a Republican-led budget ...
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Cut the Senate Democrats Some Slack
Democrats have reasons to filibuster the Republican bill that keeps the government open without restraining mass government ...
Barely: House GOP passes government funding bill without help from Democrats
House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
Schumer Will Clear the Way for G.O.P. Spending Bill, Breaking With His Party
Many Democrats had agitated for the party to hang together and block the measure in defiance of President Trump, but the ...
House passes GOP funding bill backed by Trump. Now a showdown looms in Senate.
The House passed a government funding bill, daring Senate Democrats to oppose it and risk a partial shutdown as stocks wobble ...
The End of Politics
American politics has ended, at least temporarily. The out-party has to do something to try to reverse that, no? Even if that something risks making it toxic to swing voters.
Thune touts Washington Examiner report on Senate floor for Democratic filibusters
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) cited Washington Examiner reporting in his criticism Monday from the chamber floor ...