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Senate, Democrats and a shutdown

Senate Democrats get jammed by Republicans in lose-lose shutdown dilemma

Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they must choose between shutting down the government or folding to pressure from Republicans and President Donald Trump

USA TODAY on MSN · 2d

Government shutdown blame game: Why Schumer, Senate Democrats are in a pickle

WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 1d

Masto becomes third Senate Democrat to back GOP spending bill as clock ticks toward government shutdown

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap funding bill, as a potential government shutdown looms. The Senate will vote on cloture Friday for the spending bill that would keep the government funded at current levels through the end of September,

The Daily Signal5d

House GOP Leaders Blast Democrats for Intent to Shut Government Down

At a press conference Tuesday morning, House Republican leaders criticized ... government through the end of the current fiscal year. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., ...

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House Republicans pass government funding bill ahead of Friday shutdown deadline

House Republicans advanced a stopgap bill Tuesday to fund the government until October, putting moderate Senate Democrats in ...

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House passes wrapup spending package ahead of Friday deadline

House Republicans muscled a stopgap funding measure to passage over Democratic opposition Tuesday, sending the bill to the ...

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What to know about the current funding crisis

Congress is operating under a temporary funding measure until March 14, while Senate negotiations continue over a Republican proposal to extend it through September.

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House passes bill to fund federal agencies through September, though prospects unclear in Senate

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.

R.I. legislators debate Trump’s impact on business, the budget, and the Washington Bridge

While Democrats see “nothing but instability coming out of Washington,” one Republican leader says, “Things are going really ...

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