Looming Funding Deadline Squeezes Senate Democrats
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) defied House Democratic leadership Tuesday when he voted for the GOP’s bill to avert a government ...
Democrats’ first big chance to check Trump may make them look even weaker
Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that ...
Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP's funding bill as shutdown draws near
After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...
Senate Democrats contemplate ‘two horrible choices’ in government shutdown fight
Democrats are still divided over whether they should attempt to utilize their leverage to extract concessions from Republicans or risk a shutdown.
Fetterman urges Democrats to talk like 'regular' people instead of ranting about ‘oligarchs’
Sen. John Fetterman pushed back on the term "oligarchs" on Tuesday during an interview with MSNBC and urged Democrats to talk ...
Senate Democrats Balk at Funding Extension, Raising the Risk of a Shutdown
The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...
After Heated Dem Meeting, Schumer Says Dems Will Push For Vote On Short Term CR First
With less than three days to go before government funding runs out, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is ...
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The 19th Explains: Can Republicans avert a government shutdown?
Congress has to fund the government before Saturday or it will begin to shut down. Here is what to expect as Republicans ...
Where Key Democratic Senators Stand on Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Senate Democrats are staking out their positions on a bill to temporarily fund the government, known as a continuing resolution (CR), which would avert a federal shutdown.
Sen. Fetterman says he’ll back a GOP spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. Will other Democrats follow?
The Democratic grappling reflects a larger question confronting the party: When to fight and when to fall in line?
Senate Democrats punt GOP plan to avert shutdown in favor of 30-day stopgap
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said there are not enough votes in his caucus to advance the short-term funding bill that passed in the House on Tuesday, and instead ...