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Top US Senate Democrat Schumer signals party support for spending bill to avert government shutdown

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding bill, signaling that his party would provide the votes to avert a government shutdown.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2h

The Latest: Senate has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. Credit: AP/Mark Schiefelbein

CNN on MSN · 15h

Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their first big battle against President Donald Trump — and instead have been left fuming.

GOP, House and Senate

RealClearPolitics · 18h

CNN's Manu Raju: Enough Senate Democrats Appear Ready To Pass House GOP Spending Plan

CNN's Capitol Hill correspondent Manu Raju reports on the struggle taking place within the Senate Democratic caucus over whether to accept a House-passed continuing budget resolution or allow the government to "shut down" at the end of the week: MANU RAJU,

The Hill on MSN · 12h

House Democrats bash Senate colleagues for backing GOP spending bill: ‘Huge slap in the face’

House Democrats are furious at their fellow Democrats in the Senate for supporting a Republican spending bill, saying Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other aisle-hopping senators are set to empower President Trump to gut the government at the expense of their own constituents.

MSNBC · 1d

Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP funding bill

N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats would reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House, leaving it uncertain whether Congress can avert a shutdown before Friday night's deadline.

The Nation on MSN7h

When Will the Senate Democrats Ever Learn?

Leader Chuck Schumer has thrown up his hands and said he will oppose a GOP-triggered government shutdown. That means he’s ...

AFP on MSN2h

All eyes on Democrats as US barrels toward shutdown deadline

WASHINGTON: The United States government, already shaken by Donald Trump's radical reforms, could begin shutting down entirely this weekend as Democrats grapple with the politically risky option of ...

15hon MSN

Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she ...

27mon MSN

Former US Senator Alan Simpson, affable old-school Republican, dies aged 93

Alan Simpson, an old school moderate Republican senator who helped craft major U.S. immigration reform in 1986 and made ...

3hon MSN

Senate nears final approval of a bill that could increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers

The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...

3don MSN

Senate Democrats accuse DC US Attorney Ed Martin of abusing power, call for his suspension

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are requesting an investigation into D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin by the group ...

Washington Monthly7h

Cut the Senate Democrats Some Slack

Democrats have reasons to filibuster the Republican bill that keeps the government open without restraining mass government ...

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