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Schumer: ‘Let’s Finish the Job of Funding the Government’ By Jackson Richman | 8 mins ago Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on his colleagues to “finish the job of funding the government” ahead of the midnight deadline. In a speech on the Senate floor, Mr. Schumer called for avoiding “unnecessary delays” as 70

Schumer Files Cloture on Government Funding Bill By Jackson Richman | 51 mins ago Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has filed cloture in the event the process to pass the $1.2 trillion bill to fund the remaining 70 percent of the government is not expedited. However, were the Senate to go through the normal

Senator Says Agreement Reached on Vote By Samantha Flom | 54 mins ago Rising to state his opposition to the spending package, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said members appeared to have reached an agreement on it. “I know my time might be short tonight because we’ve finally, I guess, come to an agreement on a

Hopes for a Vote Dwindle on Verge of Shutdown By Joseph Lord | 22 mins ago Hopes for a late night vote series to pass the House-passed $1.2 trillion minibus spending package are dwindling as behind-the-scenes partisan squabbling continues. Meanwhile, the government is just hours away from going into a partial shutdown. Asked whether there’s

Government Goes Into Shutdown As Voting Begins By Joseph Lord | 48 mins ago The government has gone into a partial shutdown after the Senate failed to give the green light to a House-passed $1.2 trillion spending legislation by the midnight deadline. The shutdown is on track to be a short-lived one, however. After an

Senate Passes $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill By Joseph Lord | 2 hours ago The U.S. Senate has passed a $1.2 trillion minibus spending package that was passed by the House earlier in the day. It will now go to President Joe Biden, who’s expected to sign it. The passage comes as the government had technically