Chuck Schumer caves, won’t vote to block GOP plan to avert government shutdown in dramatic U-turn
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down “talking filibuster” on two pieces of voting rights
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Live updates: Senate plans vote on Trump-backed bill to avert government shutdown
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration and the expected Senate vote on a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown.
Senate Works to Avert Partial Government Shutdown Ahead of Midnight Deadline
The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare
Schumer to support GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown
Schumer signals Democrats will vote for GOP funding bill
US Senate poised to pass Republican stopgap spending bill, avert shutdown The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce.
What's in the GOP’s Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert a Government Shutdown?
House Republicans passed a stopgap bill to keep government funding at current levels until September. Now the measure heads to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain.
Schumer says he won't block GOP funding bill as Democrats disagree on shutdown strategy
N.Y., indicated Thursday he would vote to advance Republicans’ six-month funding bill that passed the House to avert a government shutdown Friday night.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to avoiding a government shutdown tonight
Senate Democrats are torn on what they should do to avoid a gornment shutdown as the deadline for the funding bill approaches.
‘Slap In The Face’: Democrats Rage At Chuck Schumer After His Shutdown Fold
A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he ...
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The Role of the Filibuster
The filibuster empowers the minority and frustrates the majority. Extended debate has always been a part of the way the Senate does its legislative business. Copied This week on the “Heritage ...
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Democrats’ Hypocrisy on the Filibuster Is in Plain Sight
After their election loss, notice how quickly Democrats have flip-flopped with respect to their push to abolish the legislative filibuster. Back in 2021, Representative Pramila Jayapal ...
Senate Dems face backlash after bill to prevent boys from playing girls' sports fails to break filibuster
Riley Gaines, Jennifer Sey and others torch Senate Democrats after the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act fails to ...
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Wendy Davis' stunning filibuster of a Texas abortion bill
Then, at 11:18 a.m., Sen. Wendy Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat, took to the Senate floor and started what she hoped would be a 13-hour filibuster of the abortion bill. If Davis managed to keep the ...
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Play with Fire, Get Nuked
Mitch McConnell did the right thing by deploying “the nuclear option,” taking away the filibuster as a tool of Democratic obstruction in the matter of Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the ...
Barely: House GOP passes government funding bill without help from Democrats
House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
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Senate Democrats rekindle their love for the filibuster under Trump
Back in the minority and seeking to stonewall President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats have transitioned into the latest phase of their love-hate relationship with the filibuster. Democrats ...
Senate Dems prepare to filibuster GOP plan to avert govt shutdown — despite trying to defang tactic under Biden
Senate Democrats crusaded to gut the filibuster amid frustrations over slow progress in advancing former President Joe ...