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Senate fails to advance bills to fund government as shutdown looms

The Senate action came just hours after the House sent them the short-term funding bill. The Senate voted to block that Republican short-term funding bill, failing by a vote of 44-48. Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul cast votes against the legislation. Democrat Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote for it.

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

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US government shutdown looms; Senate rejects stopgap funding bill

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House approves stopgap spending bill but health care fight threatens a shutdown

House Republicans are working to avert a government shutdown with a Friday vote on legislation that funds federal agencies through November 21 and boosts money for security for government officials.

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Democrats are barreling toward a shutdown with no clear plan to get out

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Senate fails to pass stop-gap spending bills as shutdown looms

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Senate Democrats Block GOP Spending Bill as Shutdown Approaches

The vote was 217-212, largely along party lines.

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'I'm Not a Cheap Date': Democrats Make Counteroffer as Shutdown Looms

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House to vote on bill to fund the government and avoid shutdown

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Key Senate Vote Fails, Leaving No Clear Path to Avert Oct. 1 Shutdown

Senate Democrats on Friday voted to block a Republican stopgap spending measure that would keep the government open through late November, setting up a perilous showdown with just days before federal funding lapses and no clear path to prevent a partial shutdown.

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Senate confirms 48 sub-cabinet Trump nominees in single vote

The U.S. Senate has confirmed 48 appointees of President Donald Trump, almost entirely made up of ambassador and sub-cabinet positions.

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Senate confirms Mike Waltz as UN ambassador

The Senate voted to confirm former national security adviser Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Friday, on the eve of a week of high-level meetings and debates at the U.N. General Assembly.

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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 on Thursday, marking the first bloc confirmed after Republicans voted to change Senate rules to speed up the consideration of nominees.

Senate declares Oct. 14 a ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ with unanimous resolution

Fla., led the passage of a resolution to be observed on Charlie Kirk's birthday. ABC pulled late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely over comments about the alleged Kirk assassin, Tyler Robinson.