'Clear the room': Senate committee shut down as speaker stood up for immigrants
A bill hearing abruptly ended in the Kansas Legislature when a speaker stood up and tried to speak past a time limit set on opponents of the bill.
After Heated Dem Meeting, Schumer Says Dems Will Push For Vote On Short Term CR First
With less than three days to go before government funding runs out, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling ...
The Latest: Senate has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown
The Senate is has just hours left to avoid a partial government shutdown. Minority leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats have ...
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Key Senate committee scrutinizes paid leave bill without sponsors in the room
Members of the powerful Senate Finance Committee raised several ... “I don’t know if they were in the room or not,” Muñoz said. “It wasn’t a bill hearing. It wasn’t anything against ...
Democrats look to save face in shutdown battle
Senate Democrats say privately that they will not allow the government to shut down Saturday, despite growing pressure from activists and liberal lawmakers who want them to kill a GOP-crafted ...
Senate works to avert partial government shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.
Senate Dems face backlash after bill to prevent boys from playing girls' sports fails to break filibuster
Riley Gaines, Jennifer Sey and others torch Senate Democrats after the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act fails to ...
Senate Democrats appear ready to back down in government shutdown fight
Senate Democrats say the six-month government funding resolution that passed the House Tuesday is a “horrible” bill, but there’s growing sentiment within the Senate Democratic conference that it ...