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House cancels votes for remainder of week, sends lawmakers home amid tension over SAVE America Act
The House was initially expected to have votes on Wednesday and Thursday, but House Republican leaders canceled those votes and have now sent lawmakers home after final votes took place at 5:15 p.m. Eastern.
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Democrats expected to split over Massie's amendment on Israel funding: Report
Massie tacked the amendment onto a national security and State Department spending bill that is expected to come up for a vote this week.
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NY Democrat calls for greater transparency after NJ Rep reveals he was hospitalized for depression
Kean said the diagnosis came when he entered the hospital for "some testing," and the depression left him under the doctors' care while he spent months recovering.
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Congress, president will still be paid during government shutdown
Most senators and lawmakers are paid $174,000 a year, while the House speaker makes $223,500 and Senate president pro tempore makes $193,400 a year.
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Government shutdown to last at least through Friday as Senate breaks for Yom Kippur
The Senate adjourned at 4:23 p.m. Eastern and will reconvene on Thursday for a vote on whether to confirm a block of President Donald Trump's nominees. But no vote on a resolution is scheduled until Friday because of Yom Kippur.
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GOP shutdown messaging seems to resonate with the public, for once
Some call it "The Schumer Shutdown" on their social media posts. But that's a new breakthrough for the GOP, which has never been able to make Dems "own" a shutdown, and some are even backing away from the edge.
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Ex-GOP Rep Madison Cawthorn files to run for Florida House seat, cites Kirk death as final factor
"There really was no option," Cawthorn told Fox News Digital.
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Watch live: Senate holds votes on spending bills to reopen government, after shutdown
The federal government went into a partial shutdown overnight after Congress failed to pass a spending bill to keep it fully operational.
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Senate Republicans vote on measure that would reopen government, after failed votes lead to shutdown
The passage of the continuing resolution would end the government shutdown
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Congressional Republican leadership reacts to Senate failing to avert government shutdown
The government is slated to formally shut down at midnight and the Senate has adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The Senate attempted to avert the shutdown earlier Tuesday, but it failed in a 55-45 split, while 60 votes were needed.
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Senate fails to avert government shutdown
The Senate vote comes as time ticks down to the government shutdown, as all Republicans except one voted to pass CR, while only two Dems and one independent voted for it.
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Here are the GOP senators who voted with Democrats against permanently ending government shutdowns
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson introduced the Eliminate Shutdowns Act, which would keep the federal government funded at its existing levels in two-week increments until lawmakers passed all 12 appropriations bills.
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Republican state AGs push Democrats to put partisanship aside and fund government
The 2025 fiscal year is set to end on Tuesday, meaning a shutdown would take place as soon as Wednesday morning if a funding agreement is not reached before then.