Vice President Vance on Wednesday argued Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) actions around a government shutdown were influenced by concern that he could face a primary challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y).
Vance addressed reporters from the White House briefing room on the first day of a government shutdown spurred by a clash between Senate Democrats and their Republican counterparts over demands on health care funding.
"The reason wh...
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Federal layoffs day or two away, budget director tells Republicans on shutdown call
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought told House Republicans in a Wednesday call that layoffs of federal workers will be coming in a day or two, according to sources on the call.
The call came on day one of a government shutdown as Democrats in Congress have rejected a short-term Republican funding plan and are making demands like extending enhanced ObamaCare tax credits. Democrats had forced Vought’s hand, one source said.
Vought hinted at...
Trump’s shutdown circus will backfire with voters
There’s a sad irony in watching the federal government come to a grinding halt — not because of some unresolvable crisis, but because our politics have turned into a circus. Earlier this month, a shutdown wasn’t inevitable. But President Trump practically locked the door and threw away the key Monday night when he shared an AI deepfake video mocking his main negotiating partners: Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Schumer calls Johnson ‘the real bad guy’ in shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blamed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday for the government shutdown but added that he needs to be part of any negotiations to continue funding the government.
"The American people know the Republicans have the presidency, they have the Senate, they have the House, and the blame will be on them," Schumer told MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on "Morning Joe."
"They will have to negotiate with us," he added.
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Senate defeats House-passed bill to reopen government, despite Democratic cracks
Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and supported the measure.
Wednesday’s vote marked the third time in two weeks that the House-passed continuing resolution failed to advance on the Senate floor — but it was the first time senators voted on the issue while the government is closed. The measure need...
Republicans again defeat alternative Democratic proposal to fund government
Senate Republicans voted on Wednesday to block a Senate Democratic proposal to fund the federal government through Oct. 31, permanently extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies that are due to expire in December, and to restore nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding cuts.
Republicans defeated a procedural motion to advance the legislation after voting against the bill itself on Tuesday.
The measure failed by a vote of 47-53.
The Senate is also ...
‘We could come up with a new system’: On the ACA, Trump has an unintentionally funny line
“We could come up with a new system that would be much better” than "Obamacare," Donald Trump said, seemingly unaware of his own record on the issue.
Republican leaders dig in on pressuring Democrats to open government
Republican leaders in Congress on Wednesday dug in on pressuring Democrats to vote for a “clean” GOP-crafted stopgap to reopen the government, signaling the Senate will hold repeated votes on the bill if necessary.
The top GOP leaders from both chambers appeared on the Capitol’s west terrace Wednesday morning in a rare press conference setting that had the National Mall in the background as a video screen played old videos of Democrats criticizing government shutdowns.
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Steve Rattner: GOP doesn’t talk about repealing Obamacare, but that is what they are doing
Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner discusses the GOP's misleading talking point on the shutdown.
Newsom mocks Trump stairs comments as shutdown begins: ‘A very weak man’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) mocked President Trump’s recent comments about walking up the stairs at the United Nations (UN), calling him a "very weak man" as government funding lapsed overnight.
“THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN IS HERE! HEALTH CARE FOR BABIES, MOMS & GRANDMAS HELD HOSTAGE BY A VERY WEAK MAN WHO CAN’T EVEN DO STAIRS. BUT DON’T WORRY, DEMOCRATS ARE STRONG AND TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT (T.A.C.O.)," Newsom’s press office said in a post on social platform X early We...