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Senators negotiate over shutdown as furor grows over flight cuts, SNAP. Live updates

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she took the train instead of a flight from Washington to her home state of Georgia because of "flight delays and cancellations" as the government shutdown ...

Weekend session gets off to slow start in Senate as lawmakers look for a way out of shutdown

Trump wants Republicans to end the shutdown quickly and scrap the filibuster, which requires 60 Senate votes for most ...
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Vermont GOP votes to keep same chair, narrowly rejecting state senator’s challenge

Paul Dame of St. George was reelected as party leader by just three votes over Sen. Russ Ingalls, R-Essex, at the state GOP’s ...
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Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave?

Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican ...

Senate holds rare Saturday session aimed at ending government shutdown

Senators convened for a rare Saturday session aimed at ending the government shutdown, with no signs of an imminent ...

Rare Saturday Senate session ends with few signs of shutdown progress

Senators ended a rare Saturday session at the Capitol with no votes, no text of a three-bill “minibus” and few signs of ...

Senate adjourns with no vote, will resume session on Sunday

Senate Majority Leader John Thune adjourned the Senate on Saturday with no vote held to reopen the government but the chamber will resume session on Sunday.

Thune eyes shutdown vote after ‘wheels came off’ bipartisan talks

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Friday that he is pushing for Democrats to “reengage” in bipartisan talks ...