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.
Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP's funding bill as shutdown draws near
After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to advance the House-approved measure.
Schumer says Democrats will block GOP funding bill, heightening shutdown alert
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government.
Third Senate Democrat backs GOP spending bill as clock ticks toward government shutdown
The bill will need 60 votes to invoke cloture to advance to a full vote, meaning eight Democrats must join Republicans in approving the stopgap funding bill.
House passes funding bill ahead of Friday shutdown deadline in win for Republicans
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday succeeded in a high-stakes House vote to pass President Donald Trump’s plan to fund the government into the fall, overcoming far-right opposition as the GOP scrambles to avert a government shutdown Friday at midnight.
House Republicans pass bill to avert government shutdown
The House on Tuesday passed a funding bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up the measure for consideration in the Senate. The chamber cleared the continuing resolution
Schumer under fire as Democrats split over backing GOP funding bill
Dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Schumer on Friday to express their “strong opposition” to his plan to back the Republican measure
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US Senate Poised to Pass Republican Stopgap Spending Bill, Avert Shutdown
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives earlier this week passed the measure, which largely leaves spending steady at about $6.75 trillion in the fiscal year that ends September 30. Democrats expressed anger over the bill,
The Latest: Schumer backs GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats.
Senate Democrats get jammed by Republicans in lose-lose shutdown dilemma
Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they must choose between shutting down the government or folding to ...
House passes wrapup spending package ahead of Friday deadline
House Republicans muscled a stopgap funding measure to passage over Democratic opposition Tuesday, sending the bill to the ...
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Lawmakers pass flurry of bills on final day before veto recess
Scores of bills are headed to the governor's desk after lawmakers made a final grinding push this week to wrangle votes and ...
The House censures Democratic Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump’s joint address to Congress
Republicans in the chamber yelled “order” as the singing continued. Eventually, Johnson declared the House in recess. The ...
House narrowly passes six-month funding bill as shutdown deadline nears
The measure’s fate is uncertain in the Senate, where several Democrats will be needed to cross the 60-vote threshold for it ...
House narrowly passes funding bill in first step to avoid government shutdown after heavy lift from Trump
The measure passed after a massive whip effort by Republican leadership, including Trump and the White House. Nearly all ...