Senate, White House and the shutdown
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Staff from both chambers must now negotiate final, compromise legislation ahead of a vote expected later this fall.
Heated exchange erupts between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen. Ruben Gallego over the government shutdown and Jeffrey Epstein file accusations.
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Senate Democrats clash with House Speaker Mike Johnson over government shutdown and Jeffrey Epstein
Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego pressed Johnson on why a Democrat who won a special House election in Arizona had not been sworn in.
The House has not been in session for several weeks amid the shutdown. Some GOP lawmakers say it’s time for it to return.
A Republican measure to keep the government funded past Oct. 1 stalled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday.
The federal government shutdown rolled on to Day 10 on Friday as Donald Trump and congressional Republicans and Democrats still cannot reach a deal.
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External pressure from the White House has had little sway on Senate Democrats in their bid to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, forcing the government shutdown into an eighth day.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills will challenge Sen. Susan Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say
Mills, 77, is a former state attorney general who won the governorship in 2018 and again in 2022. Maine governors are barred from seeking a third term and, while Mills early this year seemed to dismiss a Senate campaign, she had publicly rethought the notion and said she was “seriously considering” running.
The Senate on Thursday voted for a seventh time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, as only three members of the Democratic caucus joined Republicans in voting to