Senate Republicans coin 'Schumer shutdown' ahead of critical vote on Trump spending bill
Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are laying the groundwork for a government shutdown standoff as the clock ticks down.
Recap: Government shutdown averted, Senate-passed spending bill goes to Trump
President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
Senate moves ahead on shutdown votes
Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments.
How senators voted on a bill to avert a government shutdown
The Senate voted to advance a measure Friday to extend federal funding levels through September and avert a government shutdown set to begin just after midnight. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said Thursday that he planned to support the Republicans’ funding bill;
How some Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to vote against government shutdown
Friday to pass a Republican-sponsored stopgap funding bill that averted a federal government shutdown. The vote was the second of two key votes that passed the bill: The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote.
What's in the GOP’s Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert a Government Shutdown?
The Senate is set to vote today on a House GOP stopgap bill to fund the government until September. Given the GOP’s 53-seat Senate majority and already one pledged no vote from the caucus, at least eight Democrats will have to come out in support of the bill for it to pass.
Live updates: Senate plans vote on Trump-backed bill to avert government shutdown
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s administration and the expected Senate vote on a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown.
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