Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown

White House says federal layoffs are 'imminent;' Senate set to vote again Friday afternoon

Follow news on the government shutdown after Congress fails to pass a federal budget plan. Trump has threatened mass layoffs in the coming days for federal workers.

Senate to vote Tuesday afternoon on averting shutdown, but proposals expected to fail

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects the Senate to begin voting at 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday on competing Democratic and Republican proposals to fund the government, but both

House plans Thursday vote on ‘clean’ government funding bill to extend spending through November

The House plans to vote on Thursday on the “clean” interim spending bill, which would fund government spending through November 27.
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SC bill that would outlaw abortions, eliminate most exceptions draws hundreds to Statehouse

An S.C. Senate Medical Affairs panel discussed a restrictive abortion ban — S. 323 — on Oct. 1. The bill would outlaw abortion and eliminate exceptions for rape, incest and fatal fetal anomalies.
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