Senate, Live and the shutdown
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The federal government remains closed Friday, Oct. 24. Does the Senate return today for a 13th vote? What to know.
The government shutdown has reached Day 31, and by Monday it'll tie the longest funding lapse in history. Will Senate vote today? Here's the latest.
Senate Democrats pitched a new proposal Friday to end the government shutdown that Republicans immediately rejected, leaving the two sides no closer to resolving the standoff after a week of bipartisan negotiations.
Senate Democrats on Friday offered Republicans a compromise to end the shutdown that would include a one-year extension of Obamacare subsidies.
S.D., wanted to keep lawmakers in town until the shutdown ended. While there was a flurry of behind-the-scenes activity, no path forward has materialized yet.
Despite their party’s lopsided victories in Tuesday’s elections, Senate Democrats remain torn over an exit strategy for what has become the longest partial government shutdown in history. As the shutdown reached its 36th day Wednesday,