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In the government shutdown battle, Chuck Schumer underestimated Mike Johnson
Johnson is often thought of as the accidental speaker. And it’s true that he was pulled out of quasi-obscurity after the caucus took down his predecessor Kevin McCarthy just 17 months ago. At the time ...
Senate approves spending bill to avert government shutdown
The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a GOP-written stopgap spending measure after ...
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Senate passes six-month funding bill to avoid government shutdown
The Senate passed the bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming Democratic opposition to the measure and sending it ...
Government to stay open as Senate averts shutdown
Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...
Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before shutdown deadline
The Senate has passed a six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to ...
Senate passes funding bill to avoid government shutdown
The Senate passed a six-month spending bill on Friday hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic ...
The Senate just voted to avoid a shutdown with a bill that cuts non-defense spending by $13 billion
Senate Democrats decided not to block a GOP-led funding bill, which many have said fails to do enough to rein in Elon Musk's ...
Senate averts government shutdown by passing federal funding ahead of midnight deadline
As a midnight deadline approaches, the U.S. Senate on Friday passed a key procedural vote with the support of enough ...
Trump was poised to have a bad week. Enter Democrats.
Democrats are fighting each other, distracting Washington, at least temporarily, from Trump’s trade war that has wreaked ...
Senate Dems join with Republicans to pass government funding bill, avert a midnight shutdown
The bill — a continuing resolution that will essentially extend fiscal 2024 spending levels through the start of the 2026 fiscal year — is backed by President Trump.
10 Democrats help Republicans advance GOP funding bill to avoid shutdown
A group of 10 Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), on Friday voted to advance a ...