Chuck Schumer

Senate Democrats are threatening to withhold their votes from the short-term spending bill only because they are

Immigration

White House: Democrats are ‘hellbent on getting a shutdown’

Sarah Bedford -

January 19, 2018 4:36 pm

Immigration

2013 Shutdown Rants: Schumer, ‘Wrong, Chaos,’ Pelosi, ‘Legislative arsonists’

Paul Bedard -

January 19, 2018 1:32 pm

Senate Democrats clamored to hold a vote to end debate on a government spending bill Thursday night, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rejected that idea in what some saw as a bid to ramp up the pressure on Democrats to support the measure on Friday, just hours before the shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Immigration

Mitch McConnell sets up Friday spending showdown

Susan Ferrechio -

January 19, 2018 3:28 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday night, Democrats would agree to start work on a short-term spending bill, in the hopes of agreeing to a spending extension of about five days. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., did not agree to the request. (Al Drago/Bloomberg)

News

Senate agrees to start work on spending bill, but not much else

Susan Ferrechio -

January 19, 2018 2:18 am

Less than an hour after the House passed a temporary stopgap spending bill, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Senate Democrats are the

Immigration

Paul Ryan: Senate Democrats are ‘the only thing standing in the way’ of averting government shutdown

Diana Stancy Correll -

January 19, 2018 1:30 am

Republicans have put a one-week time limit on debating immigration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Congress votes to reauthorize spy tool despite privacy fight

Susan Ferrechio -

January 18, 2018 5:38 pm

Declines in spending in recent years have left the military too small, over-worked, and saddled with aging aircraft that cannot fly, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration

Paul Ryan: ‘We have simply pushed our military past the breaking point’

Travis J. Tritten -

January 18, 2018 1:45 pm

Healthcare

GOP pushes risky spending bill in race against shutdown clock

Susan Ferrechio, Pete Kasperowicz -

January 18, 2018 5:01 am

House Republicans released a stopgap bill Tuesday night that would provide government funding until Feb. 16. But some Republicans want more leverage on immigration and are reluctant to vote for a temporary spending measure. In response, members of the House Freedom Caucus are seeking a vote this week on an immigration reform bill authored by Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., (pictured left) and Raul Labrador, R-Idaho (pictured right). (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Foreign Policy

Conservatives balk on spending bill without more DOD money, border vote

Susan Ferrechio -

January 17, 2018 9:01 pm

Immigration

Chuck Schumer touts ‘broad and strong’ opposition to short-term spending package

Al Weaver -

January 17, 2018 8:20 pm

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White House: Democrats are ‘hellbent on getting a shutdown’

2013 Shutdown Rants: Schumer, ‘Wrong, Chaos,’ Pelosi, ‘Legislative arsonists’

Mitch McConnell sets up Friday spending showdown

Senate agrees to start work on spending bill, but not much else

Paul Ryan: Senate Democrats are ‘the only thing standing in the way’ of averting government shutdown

Congress votes to reauthorize spy tool despite privacy fight

Paul Ryan: ‘We have simply pushed our military past the breaking point’

GOP pushes risky spending bill in race against shutdown clock

Conservatives balk on spending bill without more DOD money, border vote

Chuck Schumer touts ‘broad and strong’ opposition to short-term spending package

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