The government shutdown, which stretched into its 35th day Tuesday, has tied the record for the longest in U.S. history.
The current shutdown began Oct. 1, after Congress failed to strike a deal to fund the government. Since it started, thousands of federal workers have been furloughed while others are working without pay, flights have been delayed nationwide and many Americans have been left without food assistance.
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Democrats weigh shift to reopen government
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Speaker Johnson throws cold water on December end-date for funding bill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday he is not in favor of a stopgap measure that would only fund the government until December, preferring a January time frame.
The stopgap measure that passed the House in September and has failed to advance in the Senate funds the government at current levels through Nov. 21. With that date rapidly approaching, lawmakers have been discussing a new end date for the stopgap measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR).
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Senate spurns GOP spending bill for 14th time amid bipartisan talks to end shutdown
The Senate on Tuesday shot down a bill to reopen the federal government for the 14th time, even as the chamber shows signs of life towards a possible deal to end the shutdown.
Senators voted 54-44 on the House-passed "clean" continuing resolution, which would have funded the government through Nov. 21. It needed 60 votes to advance.
Despite the tentative moves toward a deal, the tally remained largely the same. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Fet...
Watch live: Jeffries gives remarks as government shutdown persists
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as the government shutdown stretches into its 35th day.
Democrats and Republicans alike are feeling the pressure to advance a bill to reopen the government. High health insurance premiums and funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have been at the forefront of the impasse — though some moderate Dems have signaled willingness to flesh out a deal.
Jeff...
How Republicans can make health care affordable
As the government shutdown drags on, lawmakers remain locked in a standoff over whether to extend ObamaCare subsidies. Supporters of these taxpayer-provided subsidies claim they’re the fix for rising health costs when, in fact, they only mask rising costs. ObamaCare is the primary reason costs are rising.
Congress faces a choice: Keep pouring taxpayer dollars into a failing, unaffordable health care system, or take this opportunity to fix the struc...
GOP pollster expecting government to reopen by next week
Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz predicted Monday that the government shutdown could soon reach its end.
While speaking on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power" with Joe Mathieu, Luntz answered whether or not the shutdown will impact Tuesday's elections in Virginia.
"In Virginia, there are so many government employees or family members of the government employees, or someone whose best friend is a government employee, and they’re fed up with this," Luntz replied....
What Democrats should learn from Zohran Mamdani
Ask Thomas Dewey. Politics is unpredictable. The polls are often wrong, and even the smartest of the commentariat don’t always get it right. Nobody thought Tom Dewey would lose to Harry Truman in 1948; Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump in 2016; or Kamala Harris, to Trump in 2024.
And few commentators, including me, thought Zohran Mamdani would win the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.
So, at the risk of being proven wrong yet again, I want to boldly ...
How each party wins Tuesday’s elections
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Lawmakers hopeful Election Day will be turning point in the shutdown fight
Lawmakers in both parties are hopeful that Tuesday’s elections will be the jolt needed for either Democrats or Republicans to shift their shutdown strategy.
The elections arrive as the pain of the shutdown intensifies across the country, but lawmakers in both parties acknowledge that no deal can be finalized until the contests are no longer hanging over their heads.
Some Democrats say a wide margin of victory could push Republicans to negotiate on their health car...