To avert a government shutdown, Senate Democratic leader says he’ll vote with the GOP
Schumer’s comments are a change in tune from Wednesday when he said that Democrats would not provide the votes needed to approve the House-passed stopgap funding measure. He argued that the Senate should instead vote on a “clean” bill that would maintain spending levels for 30 days to enable bipartisan negotiations.
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The Senate is working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare as Democrats confront two painful ...
Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...
The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...
CNN's Capitol Hill correspondent Manu Raju reports on the struggle taking place within the Senate Democratic caucus over ...
The party is torn between pushing back against President Trump and triggering a shutdown with unknown consequences.
Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down Saturday, despite growing pressure from ...
The confidence is especially noteworthy given that Schumer has yet to detail his plans. Many lawmakers in both parties are ...
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