Senate, Democrats and government shutdown
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Last Tuesday’s elections were being watched closely as a sign of where voters were with Democrats’ shutdown strategy. The decisive across-the-board wins would suggest big support for the party when compared to the alternative. Even Trump attributed “the shutdown” to playing a “big role” in GOP losses.
Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate what they say were “partisan messages released to the public” by
The government shutdown that started Oct. 1 is officially the longest in the country's history. Here's how it is impacting residents of Arizona.
The federal shutdown is on the verge of being resolved after more than 40 days, but for many Democrats, it wasn't a road to victory.
The U.S. Senate had yet another vote to pass a measure that would allow the federal government to reopen on Oct. 20. We are still in a stalemate.
The Senate on Monday passed a bill that will fund the government through Jan. 30. It now goes to the House where a vote could come as early as Wednesday.
Where Reps. Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton and Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva stand on deal to reopen the government.
A proposal to end the record-long federal government shutdown narrowly passed the Senate Monday night and now heads to the House, where a vote is expected as soon as Wednesday afternoon.