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Shutdown to enter third week after Senate rejects bill to reopen government
The Senate's eighth failed vote leaves nearly 750,000 federal workers furloughed as budget disputes over healthcare tax credits persist, prolonging the shutdown into its third week.
- The government shutdown has stopped thousands of federal workers from receiving paychecks due to budget disagreements on healthcare.
- Senator Tim Kaine said he would vote again on the budget on Tuesday and that President Trump should intervene to end the shutdown.
- Congresswoman Jen Kiggans said the House had done its work by passing a continuing resolution and that the Senate needs to act.
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RNC Chair Slams Senate Dems for Again Nixing Stopgap Bill
Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters on Tuesday blasted Senate Democrats for voting for the eighth time to keep the government shut down, accusing them of "withholding pay and benefits" from U.S. troops and vulnerable Americans while President Donald Trump "delivered" by ensuring military pay and protecting food assistance for mothers and children. "For two weeks, these 44 Democrats have been withholding pay and benefits for our brave…
U.S. Senate rejects GOP funding measure for the eighth time
WASHINGTON, DC — The Senate has rejected a Republican backed spending measure that would have ended the government shutdown. It’s the eighth time lawmakers have turned away the bill that has already been approved by the House. It comes after President Trump said earlier in the day that he’s in the process of closing programs popular with Democrats and will release a list of those programs on Friday. Democrats have remained focused on health care…
Definition Of Insanity? Democrats Vote To Keep Government Shuttered For Eighth Time In Row
Almost all Senate Democrats voted down a bipartisan effort to reopen the government on Tuesday as the funding lapse hit the 14-day mark. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the vast majority of his caucus rejected a clean funding measure, arguing Republicans must address rising healthcare costs in the government funding bill. Republicans have consistently […]
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Govt shutdown predicted to drag on after funding bill fails for 8th time in Senate
(The Center Square) – It’s been two weeks since the federal government shut down, and lawmakers are no closer to reaching a deal after U.S. Senate Democrats voted down Republicans’ funding bill for the eighth time Tuesday.
Shutdown to enter third week after Senate rejects bill to reopen government
The Senate rejected a bill to reopen the government for the eighth time Tuesday, ensuring the shutdown will enter its third week with lawmakers nowhere close to finding a resolution. Senators voted 49-45 on the GOP's House-passed continuing resolution, which would fund the government through late November. It needed 60 votes to advance. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) voted with Republicans, as they have for …
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