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Can Congress avoid a shutdown? - Roll Call
Congress is finally back in town after a long summer recess and the race is on to avoid a government shutdown before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
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Contractors would receive shutdown pay in next spending package
[jwp-video n=”1″] The measure would target the benefit to low-wage workers by capping it at $965 per week, or the equivalent of a $50,180 annual salary.
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Why 19 Democrats and 109 Republicans voted against the government funding deal
By and large, House Democrats only losing 19 of their members on the $333 billion spending package that comprised seven of the 12 annual appropriations bills not signed into law before the Oct. 1
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Grassley prays on Senate floor that Trump will sign bill to keep government open
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] Sen. Charles E.
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House passes appropriations package to avert shutdown, sends to Trump
It contains seven of the 12 annual appropriations bills that were not signed into law before the Oct. 1 start of the fiscal year.
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Sanders: ‘At the end of the day the president is going to build the wall’
By Nathan Ouellette [jwp-video n=”1″] White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders addressed the funding deadline Wednesday before the press.
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Trump warns of another shutdown if Congress doesn’t reach a new deal by Feb. 15
By Nathan Ouellette [jwp-video n=”1″] President Donald Trump addressed reporters and the nation outside the White House on Friday to say that a deal was reached to reopen the federal
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No one should ever underestimate the speaker’: Democrats claim victory after shutdown agreement
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] “The longest shutdown in American history will finally end today,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E.
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Pelosi’s new nickname and we’re still talking about the Saints game: Congressional Hits and Misses
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] “I hope it doesn’t seem out of place with the shutdown,” Louisiana Sen.
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McConnell says GOP plan only way to reopen government, Schumer says ‘Bull’
By Nathan Ouellette [jwp-video n=”1″] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Charles E.
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Watch: 12 demonstrators arrested outside McConnell’s Russell office
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] Hundreds of federal workers held a mostly silent demonstration in the Hart Senate office building Wednesday afternoon to protest the ongoing
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They’ve become radicalized’: Watch Trump’s response to Pelosi’s SOTU disinvite
By Jinitzail Hernandez [jwp-video n=”1″] At a roundtable on drug pricing on Wednesday, President Donald Trump reacted to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s statement that she would not be submitting
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Federal workers protest ongoing shutdown; union leaders arrested
Watch: 12 demonstrators arrested outside McConnell’s Russell office [jwp-video n=”1″] Among the twelve were Randy Erwin, national president of the National Federation of Federal Employees
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Federal worker: ‘Sometimes this is the only meal someone will get’
By Nathan Ouellette [jwp-video n=”1″] In the absence of a paycheck, acquiring basic necessities is becoming increasingly burdensome for furloughed federal workers.
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What if Trump disagrees with SOTU delay? Pelosi: ‘We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it’
By Nathan Ouellette [jwp-video n=”1″] Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday discussed her call to postpone President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address until after the shutdown
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Ocasio-Cortez decries shutdown as ‘erosion of American democracy’ in first floor speech
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] Democratic Rep.
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‘I’m not sure what’s going on, but I object’: Confusion on House floor Thursday during attempted shutdown-ending vote
By Nathan Ouellette [jwp-video n=”1″] The House floor got chaotic on Thursday after the House passed a continuing resolution by voice vote — a request for yeas and nays — to fund
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Lacking Republican support, House Democrats’ bill to open government through Feb. 1 fails
House Democrats’ attempt to sway enough Republicans to help them pass a stopgap funding bill to open up the government through Feb. 1 failed Tuesday.
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It’s official – longest shutdown ever
By Nathan Ouellette [jwp-video n=”1″] As the government shutdown enters its 24th day, watch as Roll Call explains a brief history of government shutdowns.
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Maryland federal worker: ‘We can’t feed our families, we can’t live the American dream’
By Jinitzail Hernandez [jwp-video n=”1″] In a library overflowing with people on Saturday, Maryland residents talked about the impact of the government shutdown on their lives.