House and Senate lawmakers are returning to Washington from their home turfs to face a litany of critical battles in the coming weeks. Tuesday marked the end of Congress’ annual August recess, and legislators are being met with several deadlines, ranging from averting a partial government shutdown to possibly extending …
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The blame game over the first federal government shutdown in seven years is intensifying. With neither President Donald Trump and the Republican majority in Congress, nor congressional Democrats willing to lower the temperature, the government shut down at midnight Tuesday. And both sides are blasting each other in a verbal …
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Senate Republicans’ bid to pass a short-term government funding extension was foiled by Senate Democrats as the deadline to fund the government fast approaches. While the proposal easily glided through the House with little drama, it hit a brick wall in the Senate and failed 44-48. Only one lawmaker, Sen. …
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This government shutdown isn’t President Donald Trump’s first rodeo navigating a lapse in government funding — but this time, the focus is less on the White House as all eyes are locked on Congress and its budget impasse. While the 35-day shutdown during Trump’s first term centered around the president’s …
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The Senate remains deadlocked on a path to end the shutdown as it nears its second week, and Republicans’ meager support across the aisle to reopen the government may be crumbling. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., needs at least eight Senate Democratic caucus members to join Republicans to reopen …
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Three senators — Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, along with Independent Angus King of Maine — broke ranks Tuesday night to side with Republicans on a GOP spending bill that would have kept the government open. And now, they’re facing heat for it. While …
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A Senate Republican argued that Senate Democrats are demanding tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid for LGBT projects, pastry cooking classes, electric buses and more in exchange for reopening the government. Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have remained steadfast in their position that …
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If you want to know the headlines that the few thousand people who run Washington read in the morning, check the three big platforms that used to be big newspapers — the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post —the two big news networks that dominate …
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The Senate is set to return on Tuesday to again vote on whether to reopen the government, but like many times before, the plan is expected to fail again as a deal remains elusive. Lawmakers in the upper chamber are expected to vote for an eighth time on the House …
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“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart mocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday, likening him to a “human flat tire” after the senator’s attempt at humor fell flat during a press conference on the current government shutdown. “New data came out today from KFF, and that is not …
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