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Trump administration live updates: Senate Dems won't back GOP bill to avoid shutdown

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government.

Fox News on MSN · 56m

Senate to take up Trump spending bill as clock ticks down to government shutdown

A vote to end debate on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown will take place on Friday afternoon ahead of the late night deadline.

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Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) · 1h

WATCH LIVE: Senate to vote on Republican funding bill as shutdown looms

Democrats have only painful options: allow passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending decisions, or vote no and give Trump free rein. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer gave members of his caucus days to vent their frustration before making clear he will not allow a government shutdown.

Alan Simpson, United States Senate and Wyoming

CNN on MSN · 57m

Alan Simpson, an outspoken Wyoming Republican who carved a moderate path in the US Senate, dies

Alan Simpson, a longtime Republican senator from Wyoming who championed bipartisan solutions and steadfastly advocated for a moderate blend of conservatism, has died. He was 93.

The Washington Post on MSN · 2h

Alan Simpson, three-term senator known for barbed wit, dies at 93

Pushing the 1986 immigration reform bill through Congress — his major legislative accomplishment — was like “giving dry birth to a porcupine,” he quipped.

POLITICO on MSN · 2h

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, who bridged partisan gaps with his quick wit, dies at age 93

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was 93. Simpson died early Friday after struggling to recover from a broken hip in December,

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Swing-state Democrats oppose GOP budget despite Senate leadership approval

Many Senate Democrats in states that voted for President Donald Trump plan to vote against the Republican-led government ...

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasts Schumer over GOP funding plan vote

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill ...

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Fuming Democrats Pushing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez To Primary Schumer After His ‘Surrender’ on GOP Spending Bill

Democrats are reportedly ready to write checks for a challenge to the Senate minority leader, who is up for reelection in ...

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One Of Senate’s Most Vulnerable Dems Bucks Schumer, Vows To Vote For Shutdown

Democratic Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff announced he will vote against the GOP spending bill Thursday, defying Senate Minority ...

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Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP's funding bill as shutdown draws near

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...

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Senate Democrats refuse to go along with GOP spending plan, as shutdown deadline nears

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...

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Senate Democrat: This is ‘best time’ to take on ‘tyrant’ Trump

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said the current fight over a Republican spending bill was the “best time” for Democrats to take on President Trump, coming less than two months into his ...

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Trump and Senate Republicans Fail to Solve US Debt Ceiling Problem

President Donald Trump and key Senate Republicans are still grasping for a solution to the US government closing in on ...

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