Senate Democrats on Friday blocked a House-passed bill to fund federal departments and agencies for seven weeks, putting Washington on the path to an Oct. 1 government shutdown.
Democrats came together in near unison to defeat the measure on a 44-48 vote, with only Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) voting for the Republican-drafted proposal, which passed the House earlier Friday by a 217-212 vote.
Two Republicans voted against the House-passed continuing resolu...
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GOP votes down Senate Democrats’ government funding bill
Senate Republicans voted down a Democratic proposal Friday to fund the government for one month and permanently extend health care premium subsidies that are due to expire at the end of the year.
The Democrats’ proposal, unveiled Wednesday by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), would have restored nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid spending cuts and provided nearly $200 million to beef up security protection for members of Congress.<...
Live updates: Senate rejects dueling funding bills as shutdown looms
The Senate on Friday threw a wrench in the GOP's plans to avert a shutdown, blocking a House-passed stopgap measure that would fund the government through Nov. 21.
Republicans also defeated an alternative proposal that would have moved the deadline to Oct. 31.
Democrats vowed to vote against the funding bill, demanding restoration of Medicaid support and action to extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are set to expire at the end of the year.
Democrats see health care as the reason they’ll avoid shutdown blame
Democratic lawmakers, who have struggled to put together a winning political message against President Trump, are feeling confident they have an upper hand ahead of a looming government shutdown because they think they have an advantage over the GOP on health care.
The confidence is reflected in the fact that Senate Democratic leaders aren’t budging from their position that they won’t vote for a clean seven-week continuing resolution to fund the government past Sept. 30 if ...
Senate set to consider pair of spending bills with shutdown looming
The Senate is expected to vote on a pair of stopgap spending packages on Friday as lawmakers seek a way to avert a government shutdown ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline.
Early in the day, the House is set to vote and potentially pass the GOP’s seven-week “clean” continuing resolution, sending it over to the upper chamber in the process.
That would set the stage for the twin votes, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announcing the plan late on Thursda...
Manchin: Democrats would be blamed for shutdown
Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) said Wednesday the blame for a potential government shutdown would likely fall on Democrats.
“They’re going to be blamed for shutting it down,” Manchin told Semafor. “Why would they want to put themselves in that position? They don’t have leverage on those types of things."
He added, "You’ve got to understand the position you’re in — you play the hand that you’re given.”
Government funding is set to lapse Sept. 30 if law...
Live updates: Trump jabs at Kimmel as his suspension sets off uproar
President Trump, along with allies, lauded Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from ABC, even as it has sparked a firestorm over free speech.
The late-night host was taken off the air Wednesday over comments he made Monday about the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Some Democrats have gone so far as to call for Federal Communications Commission chief Brendan Carr to resign, citing his pressure on stations to act.
“Well, Jimmy Kimmel was fired becau...
Senate GOP strategy emerges in shutdown fight: ‘Let Schumer be Schumer’
Senate Republicans are looking to heap pressure on Democrats amid their fight over government funding — and they believe Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) talkative nature is giving them a key advantage.
While the party remains committed to moving ahead on a “clean” stopgap spending bill, four Senate GOP sources told The Hill they openly want the Democratic leader to continue beating the drums about a potential shutdown, believing that his doing so gives Repub...
Democrats want government funding stopgap to reverse nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts
Senate Democrats on Wednesday evening unveiled an ambitious proposal to fund the government past Sept. 30 that would restore the nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid made by President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which could cause scores of rural and smaller hospitals around the country to close.
The 68-page proposal would also permanently extend the enhanced health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act that are due to expire at the end of the y...
As Shutdown Looms, Democrats Outline Demands on Medicaid and Obamacare
After rejecting a G.O.P.-written plan to keep federal funding flowing, Democrats released a counteroffer that would add more than $1 trillion in health spending.