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...
Government shutdown averted by Senate dealJake Sherman
The Senate today is taking up competing bills aimed at ending the partial government shutdown, though both are likely to fail, leaving the stalemate that's in its fifth week with no real progress. Both Senate measures would reopen federal agencies and pay 800,000 federal wo...
If the Senate passes the bill to end the shutdown, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy says he expects the House to begin voting to reopen the government at around 4:30 p.m. today -- as early as possible. If both the Senate and ...
“It is unfortunate that members of the United States Senate are allowing politics to put the energy security of our nation at risk,” he said in a statement, adding that he believed “we should never come to the brink of a government shutdown over politics.” ...
The US Senate has rejected two bills to end the government shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies. The Republican legislation failed by 50-47 and the Democratic bill followed suit by 52-44. Both measures were long shots, needing 60 votes to pas...
U.S. government shutdown assured as Senate goes into recess WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government is set to have another shutdown starting Friday after the Senate went into recessed and missed a Thursday midnight deadline to pass a temporary funding bill....
Senate Democrats were said to have accepted a deal to end the government shutdown in exchange for the promise of a vote on the DREAM Act in the coming weeks. That act covers the immigration status of thousands of people who entered the country illegally while they were still children. ...
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A number of conservatives have also called to shut down the government if their demands on border policy are not met, even though those demands stand no chance of passing in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Other House Republicans want to keep the topline number where it is but fight for poli...