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Senate, shutdown and Democrats

The Hill on MSN · 46m

Watch live: Jeffries speaks as Senate Democrats face funding bill vote

House Democratic leaders are slated to hold a press conference as their counterparts in the Senate face down a nail-biter vote on government funding. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his leadership team have urged Senate Democrats to hold firm and block a GOP-written six-month stopgap funding bill that passed the House earlier

Deseret News on MSN · 19h

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 other party members to allow vote on Republican bill.

The New York Times · 1h

Senate Moves Toward Critical Vote to Avert Shutdown as Schumer Relents

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past midnight after the top Senate Democrat said he would not block it.

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Senate to take up Trump spending bill as clock ticks down to government shutdown

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Senate Democrats Decide Whether To Take A Stand On Republicans’ Poison-Pilled CR

Senate Democrats are still grappling with “two awful options,” as Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) put it to us: Either they vote for ...

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Trump’s presidency moves into a new phase with a critical test of his power in Congress

Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...

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Dems, facing shutdown, previously criticized Republicans for 'political games' during gov funding fights

Democrats have criticized Republicans for their hesitation to pass government funding legislation, while their own party is ...

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