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↵↵"There are still some conversations with some states engaging in possibly some chip technology, but considering what just happened with HR 1, some states are reconsidering if that's the right path,"
↵↵"Jan. 1 is coming. Republicans are responsible for what happens next."
↵↵"We're focused on No. 1, getting this vote and waiting," she said. "We've been waiting. They said after the shutdown, they would come to us with serious proposals." ↵↵Sen.
But there is no sign of any bipartisan agreement on overall spending limits, a major impediment to moving a package that would well exceed $1 trillion and make up the bulk of the year's discretionary spending
government, restoring food stamps to 45 million poor and working-class households that rely on them, avoiding chaos in the nation's air traffic system, unwinding layoffs and providing back pay to more than 1
↵↵Another key provision for Democrats who'd been on the fence would reverse mass layoffs announced by the Trump administration since the shutdown began Oct. 1, at least while the government remains open
growing recognition that the funding extension to Nov. 21, as the House proposed in September, would no longer provide enough time to complete appropriations bills for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
The country is just days away from disaster as Nov. 1 is likely to see the crisis worsen with more people losing paychecks and crucial support while health and safety programs go unfunded.Â
federal employees to end the partial government shutdown exposes a central trade-off for Democrats on Capitol Hill — fighting to extend health care subsidies to millions of Americans has left more than 1
The partial government shutdown began with the new fiscal year on Oct. 1. Senate Democrats have rejected a continuing resolution passed by the House that would fund the government until Nov. 21.
Gary Peters, D-Mich., had offered a more limited measure that would pay all federal workers only for the period from the Oct. 1 start of the shutdown to the day his legislation is enacted.
But the talkathon forced Senate leaders to delay a scheduled 1 p.m. vote on the House-passed continuing resolution that would end the partial shutdown.
But now the Trump administration says the provision expired on Oct. 1 along with the spending law, and ongoing spending is "not subject to the expired general provision known as Section 527," according
The "big, beautiful bill" extended expiring tax cuts enacted in 2017, added funds for the border and defense, repealed green energy tax credits and cut more than $1 trillion in spending over 10 years,
A sign indicating that the Capitol Visitor Center is closed due to the government shutdown on Oct. 1. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Schumer for the funding stalemate that began Oct. 1.
Most federal operations stopped after Sept. 30 because Congress failed to pass funding legislation for the 2026 fiscal year that began Oct. 1.Â
Aerial view of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 1.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced a bill earlier this week that would reauthorize the CISA law for 10 years with a provision to make its protections retroactive to Oct. 1,
The Democratic ranks appeared thinner on Wednesday compared with their initial show of force after government funding lapsed on Oct. 1.