Senate approves funding bill to avoid shutdown before election

Senate's Doomed Bid To Pass Something Before Midterms

It was a lot of sound and fury signifying next to nothing, as most of the bills the Senate passed and the ones it punted to September are doomed.

Senate Passes Government Shutdown Bill And Confirms Attorney General Before Five-Week Recess

The Senate departed Washington for a five-week recess Saturday following tense overnight negotiations and a series of early morning votes that resolved several outstanding legislative disputes. Senators passed a bipartisan bill to avert a federal government shutdown beginning in October, with the measure now heading to the House for consideration. The chamber also confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a narrow 50-49 vote, one of the fina…

Senate Democrats Cave on Shutdown Fight, GOP Claims Win

Senate Democrats abandoned months of shutdown brinksmanship and backed a Republican-led continuing resolution to keep the government funded, a retreat that Majority Leader John Thune says was driven by cold political math heading into the fall election. The Senate advanced the bipartisan stopgap spending bill on Saturday, ending weeks of uncertainty over whether Congress would let federal funding lapse again. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and hi…

Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate in an overnight vote Saturday approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a potentially chaotic government shutdown during the middle of campaign season.

Senate approves funding bill to avoid shutdown before election

WASHINGTON — In an overnight vote Saturday, the U.S. Senate approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season.