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The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.
The measure previously passed the Senate in April in a similarly bipartisan vote, but the bill was never considered by the Republican-led House.
The Senate on Tuesday morning will hold its 13th vote on stopgap funding as the government shutdown nears the 4-week mark. Pressure is building on leaders from both parties to reopen the government, especially after millions of federal workers missed their first paycheck and the nation’s largest federal workers union called for an end
Senate Democrats are resisting calls from the nation’s largest union representing federal workers — a longtime political ally — to accept Republicans’ “clean” stopgap to reopen the government. It
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Chuck Schumer demands GOPers put food stamps-only bill to vote instead of reopening government
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has resisted calls for smaller, separate spending bills after Schumer and his party voted 13 times to deny all federal funding and keep the government shut
"If Democrats vote for a 12th time to keep the government shut down, they should at least vote to pay those who are still working," Johnson wrote on X. "It’s common sense and common courtesy — there’s no excuse to oppose the Shutdown Fairness Act."
President Trump is meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on the last leg of his Asia trip this week. The two leaders posed for photos then made brief remarks during a bilateral meeting with staff in which they both expressed warmer relations between their two nations.
The Illinois Senate passed a bill that will allow medical assistance in dying. It passed the MAiD bill Thursday night with a 30 to 27 vote. This comes after the House passed the bill in May. A person is eligible for medical assistance in dying if they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and have six months or less to live.
The government shutdown has reached Day 29 and is the second-longest in history. Will the Senate vote today to reopen? What time? Here's what to know.