Senate Democrats to provide votes for Trump-backed resolution to avoid government shutdown
The reversal comes just one day after Schumer warned Republicans they did not have the votes needed to advance the bill. “While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much,
To avert a government shutdown, Senate Democratic leader says he’ll vote with the GOP
Schumer’s comments are a change in tune from Wednesday when he said that Democrats would not provide the votes needed to approve the House-passed stopgap funding measure. He argued that the Senate should instead vote on a “clean” bill that would maintain spending levels for 30 days to enable bipartisan negotiations.
US Senate Democrats to clear way for stopgap bill and avert shutdown
Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a stopgap funding bill, signaling that his party would provide the votes to avert a government shutdown.
Senate Democrats refuse to go along with GOP spending plan as shutdown deadline nears
A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that already passed the House.
Senate Democrats wrestle with allowing a government shutdown
With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain non-committal while others publicly declared they would not vote for the short-term Republican budget bill.
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 advance the House-approved measure.
Senate pushes closer to shutdown after Democrats spurn funding bill
Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by Friday night.
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 measure to pass ahead of a Friday night deadline. There is still time for a reversal.
US Senate Democrats to Clear Way for Stopgap Bill, Avert Shutdown, Punchbowl News Reports
Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer told colleagues behind closed doors on Thursday that he would vote to advance a stopgap funding bill, signaling that his party would provide the votes to avert a government shutdown,
Live updates: Senate pushes closer to government shutdown after Democrats spurn funding bill
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said on the Senate floor Wednesday that not enough Democrats support the Republican-led funding measure that passed the House on Tuesday. With days to go until a shutdown deadline,
Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Schumer told Democrats privately during a spirited closed-door lunch and then made public remarks ahead of voting Friday, which will be hours before the midnight deadline to keep government running. The New York senator said as bad as the GOP bill is,
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Senate Democrats Decide Whether To Take A Stand On Republicans’ Poison-Pilled CR
Senate Democrats are still grappling with “two awful options,” as Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) put it to us: Either they vote for ...
Top Illinois Democrat readies a Senate bid — and tells people she has major backing
Juliana Stratton has told fellow Democrats that she plans to run if Sen. Dick Durbin retires and that Gov. JB Pritzker will ...
A group of Democratic New York senators are asking the state pension to divest from Tesla, citing ‘increasingly perilous’ risk with Elon Musk as CEO
The request comes as Tesla shares nose-dive due to Elon Musk’s absence from the business and his controversial work in the ...
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 ...