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Senate Democrats struggle with funding dilemma as shutdown deadline looms

Senate Democrats are staring at a major dilemma as they struggle with how to handle GOP halt spending bills in the face of potential government shutdowns by the weekend. Democrats are fully aware of how to wrap their arms as they try to consider a few issues at the meeting towards Friday's deadline. They held […]

Pressure Mounts on Senate Democrats to Avert a Government Shutdown

Senate Democrats have long debated the need to avoid government shutdowns, claiming that this will lead to “chaos, pain and unnecessary heartache.” The House on Tuesday passed a Stop-Gap Expenditure Bill that avoids government shutdowns for six months or until the end of the fiscal year on September 30th. Democrats liked to tackle a short-term […]

Democrats think a shutdown will help them. It won’t.

Senate Democrats are messing around with shutting down the government on Friday. They think they might get a victory from it, but they don't rely on who is in charge of the meaning of the shutdown. They are cruised for trouble, similar to the attitude they had in last week's Congress speech. House Republicans passed […]

Senate Democrats appear ready to back down in government shutdown fight

Senate Democrats say the six-month government funding resolution passed through the House on Tuesday is a “terrifying” bill, but the Senate Democrats are at risk that blocking the law and could last several weeks of government shutdowns. Senate Democrats, along with many Democrats, especially those in Swing State, fought behind closed doors Tuesday, claiming they […]

Trump-backed bill to avert government shutdown passes House

House Republicans passed a federal funding bill that President Donald Trump supported primarily on Tuesday. It also marked one of the rare occasions in recent memory that the majority of House Democrats voted against a bill that would prevent the government from shutting down. The bill passed primarily along partisan lines. The measure is a […]

House Republicans pass bill to avert government shutdown

The House on Tuesday passed a funding bill to avoid government shutdown over the weekend and tees measures to consider in the Senate. The Chamber of Commerce cleared the continuing resolution (CR) mainly with 217-213 votes from the party lineage. Rep. Thomas Massey (r-ky.) was the only GOP “no” vote. The law will fund the […]

House GOP tees up final vote on bill to avert shutdown

House Republicans advanced the bill on Tuesday, avoiding government shutdowns at the end of the week and filed a final vote on the law later that day. The Chamber of Commerce voted 216-214 to adopt rules governing the legal debate for Mike Johnson (R-La.)'s ongoing solution. The measure will maintain funding on the government until […]

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GOP’s plan to avoid a government shutdown

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