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With the Senate voting to end the government shutdown, there is still work ahead to prepare about what will happen three weeks from now, but meanwhile, the bipartisan agreement that was reached was "really good to see," Sen. Jeff Flake said Monday. "It's a victory for, I think everybody, when the government opens back up," the Arizona Republican, who has often sparred with President Donald Trump, told Capitol Hill reporters following the Senate vote.
On Jan. 16, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen introduced a continuing resolution , which would fund the federal government until Feb. 16. Congress has until Jan. 19 to agree to a proposal to extend funding for the government. Provided Congress sends an agreement to the President for his signature by the Jan. 19 deadline, Congress would then have less than 10 legislative days between both chambers to either draft an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government through the end of Fiscal Year 2018 or draft and pass another CR to temporarily fund the government at slightly less than current levels to conform to spending caps under current law.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol at the start of the third day of the government shutdown, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
Hours before President Donald Trump revealed the recipients of his "fake news awards," one Republican lawmaker took to the Senate floor to deliver a stern warning about the perils of undermining journalism. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., cautioned that Trump's anti-press rhetoric, such as calling the New York Times , CNN and ABC News an "enemy of the American people," serves to embolden repressive governments around the world.
A government shutdown is entering a third day - into the start of the work week Monday - after a bipartisan group of about 20 senators struggled Sunday to broker a government funding compromise. "Let's step back from the brink.
The government shutdown headed into the workweek Monday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he would consider allowing a floor debate on immigration issues in mid- to late February if leaders do not strike an agreement before then, an offer most Democrats appeared to reject. As the Senate prepared for a vote at noon that could pave the way to ending the shutdown, President Trump went on Twitter to argue Democrats are acting at the behest of their "far left base" in demanding protections for young undocumented immigrants in negotiations to reopen the government.
Offshore oil drilling platforms along the California coastline in Huntington Beach. The Trump administration has announced it will open new leases off the California coast, a move strongly opposed by state residents.
When Chelsea Manning announced she was running for the U.S. Senate, I knew I would be writing an article about it, even though I didn't really want to. Within minutes of her announcing her Senate run, the bad takes were flying.
The U.S. Capitol stands past a temporary shutdown sign outside the Library of Congress in Washington on Jan. 21, 2018. The U.S. Capitol stands past a temporary shutdown sign outside the Library of Congress in Washington on Jan. 21, 2018.
By ALAN FRAM, ANDREW TAYLOR and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON - The government shutdown is set to sow more disruption and political peril Monday after the Senate inched closer but ultimately fell short of an agreement that would have reopened federal agencies before the beginning of the workweek. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said negotiations kept going late into the night, with a vote to break a Democratic filibuster on a short-term funding bill scheduled for noon Monday.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., center, joined from left by, Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., hold a news conference on the first morning of a government shutdown after a divided Senate rejected a funding measure last night, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. WASHINGTON - The government shutdown is set to sow more disruption and political peril Monday after the Senate inched closer but ultimately fell short of an agreement that would have reopened federal agencies before the beginning of the workweek.
Leeb Capital CEO Steve Leeb and FBN's Charlie Brady, Liz MacDonald and Charlie Gasparino on why President Trump's tax overhaul and strong economic growth are likely to bolster the markets, even amid an impending government shutdown. A U.S. government shutdown will enter its third day on Monday as Senate negotiators failed to reach agreement late on Sunday to restore federal spending authority and deal with demands from Democrats that young "Dreamers" be protected from deportation.
A President Not Sure of What He Wants Complicates the Shutdown Impasse - WASHINGTON - When President Trump mused last year about protecting immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children, calling them "these incredible kids," aides implored him privately to stop talking about them so sympathetically. Graham: Stephen Miller makes immigration deal impossible - warned on Sunday that the White House staff is undercutting President Trump - and Congress's ability to get a deal on immigration.
The results of a special counsel's investigation into Russia's involvement in the 2016 election will not be known for some time, but one fact is well established: The regime of Vladimir Putin tried to sway the results of the presidential vote.
The Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing said that exempt federal technicians and active-duty personnel would continue to carry out essential operations at the base today but that non-exempt technicians would be furloughed.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives for a meeting of fellow Republicans on the first morning of a government shutdown after a divided Senate rejected a funding measure, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. The U.S. government shut down at midnight after Congress failed to resolve a partisan standoff over immigration and spending.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said the U.S. president's attempts to pin the shutdown on Democrats, especially by using the military, were examples of him failing to take responsibility. Donald Trump's decision to accuse Democrats of not caring about the military is galling, said U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs in the Iraq War.
Michael Wolff and I were talking backstage prior to his gig on Tuesday night at the Free Library of Philadelphia , and he confessed that he never saw it coming. He was convinced that he'd gotten the inside skinny about President Donald Trump's den of dysfunction, but in our info-saturated ecosystem, with Trump under scrutiny 24/7, who could have envisioned 11 printings within 12 days of release? After hanging out in the West Wing for nine months - Wolff concluded in his book that Trump is dangerous, incompetent, ignorant and unfit to serve.
Or at least that's what organizers of the Women's March are hoping after their first ever "#PowertothePolls" activation in Nevada, which was designed to both celebrate and build on the momentum of last year's Inaugural Women's March. Crowds of people flocked to Sam Boyd Stadium as early as 5:30 a.m. in crisp desert temperatures for the event, which officially began at 10 a.m. PT.
President Donald Trump's first year was one marked by chaos and controversy, as he cast aside norms and traditions and changed how the presidency is viewed at home and abroad. For anyone thinking year two might be different, think again.