Senate passes GOP measure to avert shutdown as Democrats fume over choice
The Senate passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline Friday, ...
What's in the GOP’s Funding Plan to Avoid a Government Shutdown?
House Republicans passed a stopgap bill to keep government funding at current levels until September. Now the measure heads ...
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 ...
The Democratic Divide: Would a Shutdown Have Helped or Hurt Trump?
The party’s split over supporting a spending extension to avert a lapse in government funding boiled down to a practical ...
Schumer Leads Party in Conflict After Retreat on Shutdown
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s calculated call to avoid a disruptive government shutdown alienates a political base ...
Democrats confront limits of their minority power after bruising shutdown vote
Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...
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 ...
Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high
The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader ...