US EditionFederal Government Shutdown Hours Away After Senate Resolutions Fail
The Senate vote fell 5 short of the 60 needed to avoid a shutdown that could furlough thousands of federal workers and suspend many government services, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate failed for a second straight day to advance funding bills, prolonging a government shutdown as the White House acknowledged it is imminent.
- Because a filibuster needs 60 votes, the Senate could not move the bills as the decisive vote stalled at 55-45 with Senate Democrats pushing ACA subsidies and Medicaid funding reductions reversals while Senate Republicans demanded a clean measure from the House of Representatives.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., signaled plans for another vote as Sen. John Fetterman, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, and Sen. Angus King crossed party lines, with the Democratic proposal blocked 53-47.
- OMB has told agencies to activate shutdown plans, the CBO estimates about 750,000 federal workers will face furloughs, and essential operations may continue with staff unpaid.
- Congressional leaders met with the president on Monday, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the sides are far apart and warned, `When they say later, they mean never`.
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How the government shutdown is hitting federal workers across Maine
Working in the Social Security Administration’s Auburn office, Christine Lizotte typically helps Mainers manage fixed incomes, enroll in Medicare and interact with the federal bureaucracy. On Wednesday, she spent her lunch break instead helping coworkers find food pantries. “It’s dead silence in the office right now because people are just trying to make it through the day,” she said on the third day of the federal government shutdown. Offices l…
On Tuesday night, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a spending bill that would have funded the U.S. government, and for the first time in nearly seven years, federal operations were drastically reduced.
OK Democrats address shutdown, Republican lawmaker says compromise is needed
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Democratic Party held an emergency town hall Wednesday night to address a government shutdown key Republicans are blaming their party for. Day one of the shutdown saw a continued stalemate in the U.S. Senate, with a vote to fund the government failing and the Senate adjourning for the day. Blame has been pointed on both sides of the political aisle. Republicans say negotiations could continue on pain points af…
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TimesDailyVote to end government shutdown fails in Senate
WASHINGTON — A vote to swiftly end the government shutdown failed Wednesday as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party's demands to fund health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to provide.
In the US, a further vote in the Senate on a provisional solution in the budget conflict has failed.
Senate Adjourns With No Deal to End Shutdown
The Senate adjourned for the day on Wednesday with no resolution on how to reopen the government. Blame was being cast on all sides on the first day of the shutdown. A vote to end the government shutdown failed earlier Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the...
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