Democrat Forces Unpaid Capitol Police To Stay Up All Night So He Can Rail Against Republicans

Democrats are refusing to pay support staff and Capitol Police during the government shutdown, but still forced them to work overnight Wednesday so two lawmakers could rail against the Trump administration from an empty Senate chamber. Democratic Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor for a 13-hour-long and counting screed against President Donald […]

Democrats Stick By Schumer After He Claimed ‘Every Day Gets Better’ During Shutdown

'Republicans are trying to distort'

GOP Sen. Details Blue State Fallout From Schumer Shutdown: ‘Their Dreams Are Collateral Damage’

'Keep the government closed for political purposes'

Democrats Double Down On Shutdown Despite Americans’ Healthcare Programs Lapsing

Democrats are justifying shutting down the government to fight for lower healthcare costs, but do not appear to be changing course despite some Americans losing access to healthcare services during the funding lapse. Telehealth and home care coverage for millions of Medicare beneficiaries expired on Wednesday at midnight due to Democrats tanking a government funding […]

Schumer’s Bid To Shut Down Government Exposes Democratic Fissures

Senate Democrats blocked a clean extension of government funding late Tuesday evening, but a handful of Democrats bucked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in an effort to avert a looming government shutdown.  Three members of the Democratic caucus — Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Angus King of Maine — […]

Senate Republicans Confident Voters Will Blame Democrats For Imminent Government Shutdown

Facing a dwindling timeline to fund the government, Republicans are expressing optimism that voters will blame Democrats for sparking a government shutdown.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is arguing that Republicans will shoulder the blame for a shutdown despite Democrats being dug in against a GOP spending bill to temporarily fund government operations. Republicans have […]

Schumer’s Plot To Defund Rural Healthcare Goes Down In Flames

The Senate rejected a Democrat-led spending plan along party lines on Friday that would have rolled back a $50 billion investment in rural health care as well as enacted a spate of left-wing priorities that Republicans immediately declared dead-on-arrival. Democratic leaders unveiled a counter spending proposal on Wednesday to fund the government for four weeks […]

Senate Confirms 48 Trump Nominees — Including Kimberly Guilfoyle — In Single Vote

The Senate confirmed four dozen of President Donald Trump’s nominees in a single vote on Thursday following Senate Republicans unilaterally changing the upper chamber’s rules last week. Senators voted 51 to 47 along party lines to confirm 48 of the president’s picks who will serve in positions across the federal government and represent the U.S. […]

EXCLUSIVE: John Barrasso Exposes Dem Hypocrisy On Unprecedented Blockade Of Trump Nominees

Senate Republicans are slamming Democrats for changing their tune on speeding up the confirmation process as the GOP conference forges ahead with a change to the upper chamber’s rules to clear a backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso will deliver a floor speech on Wednesday highlighting Senate Democrats’ hypocrisy in […]

No. 2 GOP Sen Says Republicans Will Move Quickly To Speed Up Confirmation Of Stalled Trump Nominees

Senate Republicans are moving to draft a proposal that would expedite the confirmation process for the 145 stalled Trump nominees awaiting floor consideration. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso said Wednesday that Republicans are aiming to vote on changing Senate rules to expeditiously confirm dozens of the president’s picks by the end of next week before […]