Government shutdown looms: A look at how and where federal workers would be most affected
Like any home or business, the federal government must pay its bills: Congress has little time to prevent a government ...
Schumer, Facing Backlash for Not Forcing a Shutdown, Says He’ll Take ‘the Bullets’
Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and ...
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Senate Democrats allow GOP funding bill to advance, choose budget cuts over shutdown
Nine Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted with Republicans to advance a bill funding the government through September and requiring $13 billion in non-defense spending cuts.
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Schumer Brings a White Flag to a Gun Fight
The surrender by Senate Democrats on the spending bill needed to avoid a government shutdown turned a defeat into a debacle.
Chuck Schumer will vote for GOP funding bill, reducing shutdown odds | The Excerpt
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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 ...
In Averting a Shutdown, Schumer Ignites a Rebellion
In helping averti a shutdown, Chuck Schumer has ignited a rebellion within his own party, writes Philip Elliott in The D.C.
A battle for power at the White House ensues as legislators try to avoid a government shutdown
Democrats and Republicans, who hold the majority, are in a bitter power struggle as work to avoid a government shutdown.