Lots of talk but no deal as shutdown heads for the record books
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Thursday that he expects bipartisan talks focused on breaking the logjam to continue into the weekend.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Thursday that he expects bipartisan talks focused on breaking the logjam to continue into the weekend.
Don Bacon, R-Neb., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, was an anomaly. He seemed to suggest on "X" that the Trump administration had caved to Putin.
If House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., decides to bring the measure up under suspension of the rules, there might be enough votes to clear the bill without reopening for changes to the Israel and Palestinian-related
After Biden ordered a second, then a third object to be shot down late last week, House Intelligence Chairman Michael R.
Marco Rubio, R-Fla., insists Democrats do not oppose the wall on principle. The shutdown is “about Dems denying POTUS a win,” he tweeted. 1.
Still, there was no immediate sign that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., planned to bring such legislation to the floor, or that such a bill could pass in the Republican-controlled House.
Chris Coons, D-Del., Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C.
John McCain, R-Ariz., possibly wary of Rubio's demise, declined to discuss another go at the bill when he was running re-election last year.
.: Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. departs from Union Station to go home to Delaware. He is joined by Delaware Sens. Chris Coons and Tom Carper. Biden served in the Senate for 36 years.
David Vitter, R-La., is interviewed by Roll Call in his Hart Building office, Sept. 6, 2016.