Gardner, Bennet vote yes as Senate votes to end shutdown ahead of House vote
The Senate has advanced a bill reopening federal agencies through Feb. 8 after Democrats relented and lifted their blockade against the legislation.
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End to shutdown in sight as Senate breaks Dem filibuster
Democrats lined up behind a plan to reopen the federal government Monday as the Senate began a key vote.
Shutdown continues into workweek as Senate talks drag on
The government shutdown will extend into the workweek as the Senate appeared to inch closer to ending a partisan stalemate late Sunday but fell short of agreement.
Mulvaney has been at center of last 2 government shutdowns
President Donald Trump's budget chief Mick Mulvaney stormed Washington as a tea party lawmaker elected in 2010, and he hasn't mellowed much as director of the Office of Management of...
In run-up to shutdown, an erosion of trust derailed talks
Lawmakers who wanted to negotiate over a "big deal" on immigration and spending ultimately wound up haggling over how many more days they needed to talk.
Democrats, GOP try to dodge blame for shuttered government
Hours after shuttering much of the federal government, feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress spent Saturday dodging blame for a paralyzing standoff over immigration and showed few signs of progress...
GOP, Dems show no sign of retreat in shutdown’s first day
Congress prepared to return to work Saturday as negotiators pressed for a budget deal to keep a government shutdown that began at midnight short-lived.
Shutdown deadline nears; no accord in Trump-Schumer meeting
President Donald Trump and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer met Friday afternoon in an eleventh-hour effort to avert a government shutdown, with a bitterly divided Washington locked in stare-down over...
What happens when the government shuts down
The world won't end if a dysfunctional Washington can't find a way to pass a funding bill before this weekend.
House votes to avert federal shutdown, Senate chances dim
On the edge of a government shutdown, a divided House voted late Thursday to keep the government open past a Friday deadline 鈥� setting up an eleventh-hour standoff in the...