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Senate has the votes to delay government shutdown, sending bill to Trump Thu, Nov 21st 2019 Politics House has the votes to avoid a government shutdown, sending bill to Senate Tue, Nov 19th 2019 Politics House to vote Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown for another month Mon, Nov 18th...
Senate Votes to End to Government ShutdownFram, AlanTaylor, AndrewPress, Zeke Miller Associated
Senate and House pass bill to end shutdown The House is expected to begin voting to reopen the government around 4:30 p.m. White House tentatively expects Trump to sign bill early this evening Chuck Schumer announces Democrats will vote to...
Former PresidentDonald Trumpon Tuesday said congressionalRepublicansshould pursue agovernment shutdownif they cannot attach a hard-line voting bill to the temporary funding resolution that would keep the government open. “If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don’t get absolute assurances on Elec...
“This Friday night there will be no government shutdown,” Senate Majority LeaderChuck Schumersaid in a floor speech ahead of the final vote. The bipartisan vote was 87-11, with 10 Republicans and one Democrat — Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado — voting agains...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urged Johnson to "drop his plan" on Tuesday morning, noting that all the move will do is "make clear that he's running into a dead end." "At this point in the process, the only way we can prevent a harmful government shutdown is by both sides wo...
Where the shutdown stands now Both the Senate and the House approved a measure to temporarily reopen the federal government. The plan — which President Trump announced earlier today — will fund the government through Feb. 15. What happens now: The measure is heading to Trump’s desk for ...
If Johnson had walked away from the deal, it would have created a massive breach of trust with the Senate and could have put Congress on a path to a shutdown. But his decision to stand by the agreement risks further angering conservatives, a dynamic that highlights the speaker’s precarious...
At midnight on Dec. 21, 2018, the United States entered a government shutdown. President Trump and members of Congress were unable to agree on funding for the fiscal year 2019. This government shutdown impacted approximately 800,000 federal employees. In a fact sheet released by the Senate Ap...