US EditionSenate to remain in session until shutdown deal is struck, Thune says
Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans a weekend vote on a stopgap funding bill as the government shutdown enters its third week, impacting federal workers nationwide.
- On Friday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he would likely keep the Senate in session to work over the weekend and vote to advance a stopgap funding bill.
- The government has been shut down since last month after Congress failed to pass a budget, and bipartisan negotiations collapsed over a stopgap delaying Affordable Care Act subsidies.
- GOP senators including Lindsey Graham and John Thune argued the Democratic proposal was a 'nonstarter' and refused to negotiate until the government reopens.
- Amid the shutdown, furloughed government workers have taken odd jobs like DoorDash, and there isn’t enough GOP support to end the filibuster's 60-vote threshold, while President Donald Trump urged senators to stay until a deal is reached.
- The next step is unclear, according to the Associated Press, as Democratic leaders scale back proposals and Republican leaders contend Democrats face political pressure over the ACA extension.
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Conservative AngleThe Senate Acts: No One Leaves Until Government Opens
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that the United States Senate will remain in session until a deal is struck to reopen the government as it reaches day 39. The upper chamber of Congress was scheduled to be out of Washington, D.C., around Veterans Day for recess, but Thune (R-S.D.) said that they will […] The post The Senate Acts: No One Leaves Until Government Opens appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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WASHINGTON >> Bipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the federal shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said today, with lawmakers working on deals to temporarily reopen the government and introduce three longer-term funding bills for some agencies.
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Sen. Thune: Senate Will Remain Until Government Reopens
The Senate will remain in session until a funding deal is struck, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., announced on Saturday, signaling that lawmakers are prioritizing an end to the ongoing government shutdown, which entered its 39th day amid bipartisan tension. Thune told reporters on Saturday that senators will remain in Washington until a deal is reached to reopen the federal government, sidelining the scheduled Veterans Day recess. Whe…
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