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Government shutdown updates: House leaders call each side 'irredeemable' amid impasse

Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.

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When is next vote on government shutdown? Will the Senate vote today? Time, live updates

Just The News on MSN · 9h

Thune says he hopes to speak to Senate Democrats about ending government shutdown soon

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Republican congressman slams Republican Speaker for keeping Congress closed

Axios · 1d

Democrats embrace votes to make government shutdown hurt less

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Democrats refuse to end shutdown for 13th time, drawing GOP ire

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Senate Hunts For Ways Out Of Government Shutdown

Republicans want to see major reforms to Obamacare, including its enhanced subsidies, which help protect millions of Americans from high premiums.

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Republicans float paying some feds as Dems maintain shutdown approach

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Democrats still not supporting GOP bill to end the shutdown

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Thune blasts Democrats on Senate floor over SNAP, shutdown: ‘This isn’t a political game’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) delivered a fiery floor speech on Wednesday, chastising his Democratic colleagues for introducing legislation to fund SNAP benefits after consistently

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Dems vote for 13th time to keep government closed, halt SNAP benefits — as Majority Leader Thune proposes easy fix

Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to keep the federal government shut — as Senate Majority Leader John Thune told The Post there was an easy fix to ensure millions of Americans

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Dozens of American manufacturing associations urge congressional leaders to reopen federal government

Thirty state manufacturing groups are urging Congress to end the ongoing government shutdown, which they say is disrupting operations and regulatory approvals.

What is Shutdown Fairness Act 2025? Senate vote today on GOP bill; will it end shutdown?

The Senate is set to vote on advancing a measure to pay federal employees. What is it, and will it end the shutdown? What to know.

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Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week's end. Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push for a temporary fix.

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Senate Democrats block government funding bill for 13th time

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to

Axios on MSN

"You voted 'no' 13 times": Thune erupts in rare anger over Democrats pushing shutdown vote

Senate Majority Leader John Thune showed uncharacteristic fury on the Senate floor on Wednesday, scorching Democrats for refusing to reopen the government. "[W]e tried to do that 13 times! You voted 'no' 13 times,

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Chuck Schumer doesn’t need to endorse ‘wack’ Mamdani for NYC mayor, GOP Senate leader John Thune tells Post

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) likely feels no obligation to follow his House counterpart Hakeem Jeffries and endorse Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani ahead of next week’s election,