WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown this week is poised to become the longest in history as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans stretches into a new month. Millions of people could lose food aid benefits, health care subsidies are about to expire, and there is little real talk between the parties about how to…
Oct. 28 (UPI) — The US Senate voted for the 13th time and failed to reopen the government on Tuesday. Democrats will not back down from their insistence on health care funding, and Republicans will not agree with it. The government shutdown is on the 28th. Senators voted 54-45 on the funding patch that would…
The US Senate failed to reopen the government on Thursday or vote to fund the military during the federal government shutdown, ensuring the standoff will drag on into next week. The Senate vote on a short-term Republican funding bill failed for the 10th time with just 51 votes. A second vote on Pentagon funding held…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R.S.D.) is throwing a curveball in the shutdown fight as he plans to introduce a full-year spending bill for the Pentagon on Thursday, effectively daring Democrats to oppose it as part of their effort to keep health care at the forefront of the impasse. Democrats have been almost completely united…
Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump plans to meet with the four main leaders of Congress in the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to finance the federal government or face a closure. The meeting involving the president of the Mike Johnson representatives and the leader of the majority of the Senate…
