11 m. ago With help from Democrats, Senate advances bill to avert government shutdown

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican short-term funding bill.

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68 m. ago Senate voting on procedural vote on the path to averting shutdown

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican short-term funding bill.

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5 h. ago Schumer defends support for GOP funding bill ahead of Senate votes to avoid shutdown

Fellow Democrats have slammed his reversal ahead of Friday's deadline.

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28 h. ago Senate Democrats face major dilemma: help GOP pass funding bill or trigger shutdown

The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.

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33 h. ago Senate Democrats say they'll oppose GOP funding bill as government shutdown deadline looms

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they'll oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR instead.

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61 h. ago Trump ban on funding for trans procedures would be law under GOP senator's bill: 'Permanent fix'

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kans., is moving to reintroduce a bill that would outlaw federal funding to trans surgeries and treatments nationwide.

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