Government Shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday night, Democrats would agree to start work on a short-term spending bill, in the hopes of agreeing to a spending extension of about five days. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., did not agree to the request. (Al Drago/Bloomberg)

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Senate agrees to start work on spending bill, but not much else

Susan Ferrechio -

January 19, 2018 2:18 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., slammed his colleagues Thursday for not passing a bipartisan budget bill nearly one-third of the way through the current fiscal year.

Healthcare

John McCain blasts Congress: Troops ‘will pay the price’ regardless of CR or shutdown

Diana Stancy Correll -

January 19, 2018 2:08 am

Less than an hour after the House passed a temporary stopgap spending bill, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Senate Democrats are the

Immigration

Paul Ryan: Senate Democrats are ‘the only thing standing in the way’ of averting government shutdown

Diana Stancy Correll -

January 19, 2018 1:30 am

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Stopgap Funding Measure Passes the House

Haley Byrd -

January 19, 2018 1:28 am

Immigration

House passes monthlong spending bill, sends shutdown drama to the Senate

Susan Ferrechio -

January 19, 2018 12:37 am

Healthcare

GOP gambit to use children’s insurance to lure Democratic votes on spending bill failing

Robert King -

January 18, 2018 11:11 pm

After conservative lawmakers talked with President Trump (pictured right) about making a spending deal, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., (pictured left) said after the meeting:

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House GOP close to spending deal after talking to Trump

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio -

January 18, 2018 11:03 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., shifted her position on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded twice in one day Thursday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Healthcare

Dianne Feinstein flips her position on shutdown for second time in one day: ‘People will die’

Melissa Quinn -

January 18, 2018 10:53 pm

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., also plan to vote against the measure. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, may oppose it as well. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Democrats claim votes to block GOP spending bill as shutdown looms

Laura Barrón-López -

January 18, 2018 9:36 pm

A National Park Service employee posts a sign on a barricade closing access to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington during the 2013 government shutdown.

Beltway Confidential

Nobody wins in a government shutdown

Emily Jashinsky -

January 18, 2018 8:17 pm

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Tag: Government Shutdown

Senate agrees to start work on spending bill, but not much else

John McCain blasts Congress: Troops ‘will pay the price’ regardless of CR or shutdown

Paul Ryan: Senate Democrats are ‘the only thing standing in the way’ of averting government shutdown

Stopgap Funding Measure Passes the House

House passes monthlong spending bill, sends shutdown drama to the Senate

GOP gambit to use children’s insurance to lure Democratic votes on spending bill failing

House GOP close to spending deal after talking to Trump

Dianne Feinstein flips her position on shutdown for second time in one day: ‘People will die’

Senate Democrats claim votes to block GOP spending bill as shutdown looms

Nobody wins in a government shutdown

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