Oct 01 Senate vote to end shutdown fails as Democrats hold firm on health care demands By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Democrats picked this fight as they demand funding to save health care subsidies that are expiring and sending insurance costs soaring and Republicans have refused to negotiate. Continue reading
Sep 30 WATCH: Senate Democrats have sacrificed American public with failed funding vote, Thune says By Associated Press On the heels of a failed vote to fund the government, Senate Majority Leader John Thune laid the blame at the feet of Democrats and said he would continue to press them to vote for a temporary funding bill. Continue reading
Sep 30 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed daily in shutdown, CBO estimates By Associated Press The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed each day of a shutdown, with the total daily cost of their compensation at roughly $400 million, according to an analysis of federal agencies’ latest contingency plans… Continue reading
Sep 30 WATCH: Jeffries says Democrats are in shutdown fight ‘until we win,’ blasts Trump social media video as ‘racist and fake’ By Associated Press Flanked by some 100 lawmakers he described as having grit, intellect and heart as they push for health care funding, with just hours to go before a potential shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said they are in the fight,… Continue reading
Sep 30 Are Democrats or Republicans to blame for the looming government shutdown? Here’s what our poll found By Matt Loffman The U.S. federal government is on the verge of its first shutdown in more than six years after last-minute negotiations on a spending bill failed. Continue reading
Sep 30 WATCH: Democrats reject GOP funding bill, setting up government shutdown By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in almost seven years. Continue reading
Sep 29 Government shutdown draws closer as congressional leaders head to the White House By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press If government funding legislation is not passed by Congress and signed by Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices will be temporarily shuttered and nonexempt federal employees will be furloughed. Continue reading
Sep 26 What closes during a government shutdown? What we know about how it would unfold By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Prospects for a last-minute compromise look rather bleak. Continue reading
Sep 23 Trump cancels meeting with Schumer and Jeffries on keeping the government open By Associated Press The New York lawmakers had been scheduled for a Thursday meeting with President Donald Trump ahead of the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30 in hopes of reaching an agreement to avoid a government shutdown. Continue reading
Sep 19 Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on health care. Republicans said Democrats were making demands that would dramatically increase spending and were not germane to the core issue. Continue reading