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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made a major calculation in March: He voted to keep the government open and convinced enough Democrats to go along with him – and endured furious blowback from the left.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday cleared the way for a vote later this week on a stopgap funding measure to avert a partial federal government shutdown in two weeks.
House Republicans rolled out a plan for a short-term government funding measure that would avert a shutdown through Nov. 21, 2025.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday cleared the way for a floor vote this week on a stopgap funding measure to avert a partial federal government shutdown in two weeks,
The government funding drama intensifies as House Republicans can only lose two votes while Democrats demand concessions to avoid a potential shutdown by Sept. 30.
The beefed-up ACA subsidies enacted during the Biden administration are set to expire at the end of this year unless Republicans agree to extend them as part of a spending deal.
Jobs revisions that led President Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics are due to falling survey-response rates.
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Why a Government Shutdown Really Might Happen This Time
Democrats want an Obamacare subsidy deal. Republicans want to make no concessions. Trump wants vengeance. Things could really go wrong.