Congress one step closer to ending shutdown. How soon could SNAP benefits, airports return to normal?

Forty-two days after it began, Congress is one step closer to ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, but a ...
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Why Five Democrats Broke Almost Six-Week Blockade To Reopen The Government

After 14 failed votes on a spending bill to reopen the government, five additional Democratic senators finally broke with their party for a variety of reasons on Sunday night advancing legislation to ...

Washington just moved one step closer to ending the longest government shutdown in US history

Six Democratic Senators split with their party and voted to advance a package that would reopen the government.
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Bipartisan negotiations are the 'obvious way out' of the shutdown, says Sen. Dick Durbin

As the government shutdown stretches into its ninth day, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is urging House Republicans to return to Washington and negotiate, warning that millions of Americans could soon see ...

Will Durbin endorsement lose luster?

DURBIN DRAMA: Sen. Dick Durbin has long been a central figure in Illinois Democratic politics, a mentor and powerbroker whose ...

The 8 Senators Who Broke With Democrats to End the Shutdown

T he U.S. government is a step closer to re-opening and ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history. The progress in the ...

Who are the eight Democrats who voted to reopen the government?

Who are the eight Democrats who voted to reopen the government? - The decision by the eight Democrats has split their party’s ...

Tonight’s Election Results Could Unlock Shutdown Talks—or Not

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill said Tuesday that the results of the elections in blue-leaning New Jersey, Virginia and New York ...