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Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes stopgap funding bill

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

Los Angeles Times on MSN · 17h

Senate passes six-month funding bill hours before shutdown deadline

The Senate gave final approval to a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Sept. 30. The GOP-backed measure cleared a key hurdle with help from 10 Democratic senators.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 21h

Democrats Clear Way for GOP Funding Bill, Ending Threat of Government Shutdown

WASHINGTON—The leader of Senate Democrats moved to take the threat of a government shutdown off the table, following a grueling intraparty fight in which lawmakers struggled with how best to resist President Trump’s fast-paced efforts to slim down federal agencies.

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Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

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Schumer at center of civil war after funding fiasco

Democrats on Capitol Hill are waging an internal war against one of their own after the GOP successfully muscled through the Senate a partisan spending bill that drew the votes of Minority Leader ...

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‘Uniting anger’: Democrats fume over Schumer’s handling of funding fight

Schumer has defended his vote to keep the government running as the best of two bad choices aimed at not ceding Trump and ...

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Democrats’ first big chance to check Trump may make them look even weaker

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that could leave them looking even more hapless than they have so far in his ...

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