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Senate rejects both parties' bills to avoid a shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

The Republican-controlled House on Friday passed a stopgap bill to fund the government until just before Thanksgiving, daring Democrats in the Senate to reject the measure and risk a shutdown at the ...

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Senate rejects competing bills to fund government, increasing risk of shutdown on Oct. 1

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Partisan stopgap funding bills fall short in Senate

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US government shutdown looms; Senate rejects stopgap funding bill

Republicans who control the U.S. Congress will try on Friday to pass a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown that would otherwise begin October 1, over the objections of Democrats who a...

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Chance of a government shutdown rises as the Senate fails to advance spending bill

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House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, but prospects in the Senate look dim

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Senate confirms 48 Trump nominees in single vote, after Republicans went ‘nuclear’ to speed up confirmations

The Senate confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump ’s nominees in one sweeping vote Thursday, marking the first bloc confirmed after Republicans voted to change Senate rules to speed up the considerati...

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Batch of Trump nominees moves through US Senate after Thune and Republicans change rules

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Senate confirms 48 of Trump's nominees at once after changing the chamber's rules

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Senate passes Schatz-Wicker resolution designating Telehealth Awareness Week

The US Senate passed a bipartisan resolution authored by US Sens, Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) designating Sept. 14-20 as “Telehealth Awareness Week.”

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Senate Republicans poke holes in the filibuster despite vowing to protect it

Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote through Trump's nominees and legislation.