The Senate on Monday cleared a key procedural hurdle toward greenlighting a package to reopen the government, the first of a series of planned back-to-back votes.
Senators voted 60-40 to grease the skids toward final passage of the funding bill Monday night.
The eight senators who crossed party lines to vote to advance the funding bill Sunday night once again voted with every Republican except Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
The package would keep the governmen...
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Shaheen: Shutdown deal critics ‘need to train their fire’ on Trump, Johnson, Republicans
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), one of eight Senate Democratic Conference members who voted to advance a measure to reopen the government, said Monday that critics of the group should “train their fire” on President Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and congressional Republicans.
“All those people who opposed this agreement, staying in a shutdown mode was not getting us anywhere,” Shaheen told CNN’s Kate Bolduan. “And they need to train their fire on the people who are...
Liberal fury over shutdown deal convulses Democrats
Tensions in the Democratic Party are boiling over this week after a group of mostly moderate Democratic senators joined Republicans to advance a bill to reopen the government.
The Democrats’ support for the spending bill all but ensures that the history-making shutdown will soon end, but it came without Republicans giving any ground on the Democrats’ central demand for an extension of ObamaCare subsidies.
The stunning development Sunday night has infuriated libera...
Trump signals support for Senate agreement to end shutdown: ‘I’ll abide by the deal’
President Trump on Monday signaled his support for a Senate agreement to end the government shutdown and said he would abide by the deal, which includes a reversal of mass layoffs.
"It depends what deal we’re talking about," Trump said when asked in the Oval Office if he supported the Senate deal, which advanced on Sunday.
"But if it’s the deal I heard about ... I would say so," Trump continued. "I think based on everything I’m hearing they haven’t changed anythi...
Sanders on shutdown vote: ‘A very bad night’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized Senate Democrats for striking a deal to begin the process of reopening the government, warning of the consequences of not extending health care subsidies.
“Tonight was a very bad night,” Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, wrote in a post Sunday night on the social platform X, attaching a video in which he castigated eight Senate Democrats for voting yes on the continuing resolution.
Only three Senate Democra...
House progressive knocks Senate Democrats who voted for ‘horses‑‑‑’ deal
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) took aim at the Senate Democrats who voted Sunday night for what he characterized as a “horses‑‑‑” deal to begin the process of reopening the government after a record-long shutdown.
In a post on the social platform X, Pocan called for the public and House Democrats to respond with “outrage” after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus took a key vote to advance funding legislation, in exchange for what they said was a GOP pledge to hold a vo...
Democratic lawmaker: Schumer ‘should be replaced’
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is calling on Senate Democrats to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as leader after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted late Sunday to begin the process of reopening the federal government.
Khanna, a progressive Democrat who represents Silicon Valley, argued on social media that if Schumer can’t keep his caucus unified against a government funding bill that doesn’t extend enhanced health insurance subsidies, then he shouldn’t lead...
Live updates: Bill to end government shutdown passes Senate, heads to House
The Senate on Monday passed the bill to end the government shutdown, sending it to the House.
Final passage came after a series of procedural votes. Those, in turn, followed a weekend breakthrough that saw eight centrist and retiring Democrats join Republicans on Sunday night in approving a plan to reopen the government.
The deal would fund most of the government through the end of January and includes three full-year funding bills. It also includes a promise f...
Senate takes big step toward ending shutdown
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These are the 8 Senate Democrats who voted to end the shutdown
Eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted Sunday evening to proceed to a House-passed continuing resolution, taking a major step toward ending the 40-day shutdown.
The Senate voted 60-40 to advance the House bill, which will serve as the legislative vehicle for a bipartisan deal to fund military construction, veterans’ affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch through Sept. 30 and the rest of government through Jan. 30.
It sets th...