Government Shutdown Looms With Senate Democrats Opposing 6-Month Funding Bill
The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending measure to pass ahead of a Friday night deadline. There is still time for a reversal.
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Senate Democrats struggle with funding dilemma as shutdown deadline looms
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House funding vote puts Senate Democrats in a bind: From the Politics Desk
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Schumer says Democrats will block GOP funding bill, raising shutdown alert
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After House votes to avert shutdown, Senate Democrats face 'stark' choice
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Some Senate Democrats split over spending bill to avert government shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Republicans don't currently have the votes to pass the short-term spending bill. Some Democrats say they are split over whether to support the stopgap ...CBS News - 7h -
Senate Democrats insist on voting on 30-day government funding bill
Senate Democrats say they will not vote for the House-passed six-month government funding package, which would boost defense spending and cut nondefense programs, unless they first get a vote on a ...The Hill - 12h -
The two big questions looming over the shutdown fight: From the Politics Desk
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House Republicans pass bill to avert government shutdown
The House on Tuesday passed a funding bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up the measure for consideration in the Senate. The chamber cleared the continuing resolution (CR) ...The Hill - 1d -
House's short-term spending bill heads to Senate, passage needed by Friday to avoid shutdown
The GOP stopgap funding bill passed Monday night in the House will now go to the Senate where Republicans will need Democratic support to pass it into law and avert a government shutdown. CBS News ...CBS News - 19h -
House spending bill facing Senate opposition with government shutdown deadline 2 days away
House Republicans' six-month spending bill will need Democratic support in the Senate to pass into law before Friday's government shutdown deadline. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small ...CBS News - 17h -
Government shutdown looms amid budget showdown in Congress
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Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP's funding bill as shutdown draws near
After meeting with his conference, the Senate minority leader said "Republicans do not have the votes" to advance the House-approved measure, which requires 60 to pass.NBC News - 12h -
‘It’s an open question’ whether U.S. headed toward government shutdown
NBC News Senior National Political Reporter Sahil Kapur, former Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) and Sarah Chamberlain join Meet the Press NOW to discuss how Senate Democrats might vote on a GOP funding ...NBC News - 10h -
Democratic leaders amp up pressure on Senate colleagues to oppose GOP spending bill: ‘Stand with us’
The leading Democrats in the House are ramping up the pressure on Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP’s spending bill, warning that the proposal would slash crucial public services to vulnerable ...The Hill - 12h -
Johnson looks to pass stopgap as government shutdown deadline looms
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking to lock down the votes to pass his stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown by Friday’s deadline, as he works to keep the lights on in Washington ...The Hill - 2d -
Live updates: House sends funding bill to Senate; Ontario backs off power surcharge
Republicans in Congress are racing to pass a GOP stopgap funding bill by 11:59 p.m. Friday to avert a government shutdown. The House on Tuesday passed the measure 217-213, sending it to the Senate ...The Hill - 1d -
House GOP narrowly passes spending bill, now heads to Senate
House Republicans on Tuesday narrowly passed a spending bill just days before the deadline of a government shutdown. The bill now goes to the Senate where it will need support from Democrats in ...NBC News - 20h -
Democrats release their own stopgap funding bill as House GOP plows forward
Congressional Democrats rolled out their own short-term funding patch to keep the government running beyond Friday's shutdown deadline, as House Republicans barrel forward with a Trump-endorsed ...The Hill - 2d -
House GOP Passes Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Approval of the bill sent it to the Senate, where Republicans need the cooperation of several Democrats to move it past a filibuster and to passage before a midnight deadline on Friday.The New York Times - 1d -
House to vote on government funding bill as shutdown deadline approaches
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September, days before Friday's shutdown deadline.CBS News - 1d -
Speaker Johnson looks to jam Senate Democrats with bill to avert shutdown
Before Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) can dare Senate Democrats to reject a Republican-crafted bill to avert an end-of-week shutdown, he has to pull off a feat: keeping his fractious, razor-thin ...The Hill - 1d -
Vice President JD Vance urges GOP to fall in line as shutdown looms
House Republicans are slated to vote Tuesday on their spending bill that would fund the government at current levels through September 2025.ABC News - 1d -
House Republicans push Trump-backed bill to avoid shutdown, sparking backlash
High-stakes vote puts GOP lawmakers at odds with Democrats over cuts to social services and military boosts. House Republicans are gambling on a near party-line vote on Tuesday to avoid a looming ...The Guardian - 1d -
Speaker Johnson unveils bill to avert government shutdown
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House narrowly passes six-month funding bill as shutdown deadline nears
Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans voiced confidence that they can push through a stopgap funding bill and avert a government shutdown at the end of this week.NBC News - 1d -
Johnson says short-term government funding bill 'solves the problem'
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., addressed the plans to pass a short-term government funding bill and defended the legislation after previously opposing other continuing resolutions.NBC News - 1d -
House votes to avoid government shutdown by passing temporary spending bill
The House of Representatives has passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown. The stopgap bill funds the government until Sept. 30. The measure increases defense spending by $6 ...CBS News - 1d -
Nail-biter spending vote could hinge on Trump-district Democrats
Centrist Democrats are keeping them guessing. Heading into Tuesday’s vote to fund the federal government, almost a dozen House Democrats in Trump-won districts have yet to reveal if they’ll join ...The Hill - 2d -
Speaker Mike Johnson unveils funding bill one week before potential shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Saturday unveiled a stopgap funding bill that would avert a shutdown at the end of next week and keep the government running through the end of September.NBC News - 4d -
House Democrats have 'a lot of incentives' to vote against short-term funding bill
NBC Senior National Political Reporter Sahil Kapur joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss Speaker Johnson's plan to fund the government as top Democrats urge the House to reject the short-term funding ...NBC News - 2d -
What's next after the House passed a government funding measure?
The House of Representatives narrowly passed a Republican-led continuing resolution to keep the government funded. Now the Senate must reach an agreement before the government shutdown deadline ...CBS News - 14h -
House GOP releases stopgap bill to avert shutdown
House GOP leaders on Saturday unveiled a stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, that will fund the government at current levels through September 2025.ABC News - 4d -
Trump-district Democrats face risky vote on GOP spending bill
House Democrats in districts carried by President Trump are confronting a potentially risky vote next week when GOP leaders are expected to put their partisan government funding bill on the floor. ...The Hill - 3d
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