30 − taking the first step to avoid another government shutdown. Now, it’s up to the Senate to pass the bill and get it to President Donald Trump’s desk before the 11:59 p.m. deadline on Friday.
WASHINGTON — For the third time this week, Senate Democrats met for a lengthy lunch Thursday behind closed doors to chew over two political options that are hard for them to swallow: give ...
Washington — Less than two months since President Trump's inauguration, the Republican-led Senate has confirmed nearly every one of his Cabinet nominees. A vote has yet to be scheduled for the ...
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats would reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House, leaving it ...
Senate Democrats say they will not vote for the House-passed six-month government funding package, which would boost defense spending and cut nondefense programs, unless they first get a vote on a ...
With the help of several Democrats, the Senate voted 54-46 Friday to pass a Republican-sponsored stopgap funding bill that averted a federal government shutdown. The vote was the second of two key ...
The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday advanced the first-ever digital assets bill from the panel along with a measure aimed at preventing financial institutions from using reputational risk as ...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that his party would oppose the spending bill that Republicans drafted and passed through the House, as the Friday midnight deadline ...
While the CR is bad, Schumer said from the Senate floor, a shutdown would be “much, much worse.” He pledged to keep fighting President Trump and Elon Musk, a fairly empty promise as ...
The Senate will take a key procedural vote on Friday afternoon to potentially tee up final passage of a crucial stopgap government spending bill to avoid a shutdown as time runs out. After tense ...
Also, the advance of A.G.I. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. By Matthew Cullen The Senate voted this afternoon to pass a Republican-written spending bill and avert a government shutdown.
Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.