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Forward with the lastminutee extension that the new lack the votes. Both democrats and republicans voted against that bill. The reason the republican majority has such difficulty finding consensus is they could never get a firm grip on what the president of their parties wanted to do. These days you never know who to deal with when it comes to the republicans, the Republican Leaders told me to work out a deal with the white house and the white house said to work it out with Republican Leaders on the hill. Separately President Trump turned away from not one but two bipartisan compromises. Each ...

Mrs. Ernst mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mrs. Ernst mr. President , i rise today to urge Senate Democratic leadership to end their reckless Government Shutdown. Its no secret that over the years ive made clear that i dont like funding our government from one shortsided bandaid bill to another. We must establish a path forward to responsibly fund our government for the long term. Its responsible and right thing to do for our military, for future generations, for our veterans, and for the American People. But rather than finding a longterm funding solution to ensure...

Leaders Mitch Mcconnell and charles schumer. Today, we entered the third day of the trump shutdown, the first ever shutdown it to occur when one Party Controls the entire legislative process. The republican Party Controls the house, the senate, the presidency, yet they were unable to keep the government open for the American People. Leader mcconnell knows that it takes 60 votes and yet he moved forward with a lastminute extension that he knew lacked the votes. Both the democrats and republicans voted against that bill. The reason the republican majority had such difficulty finding consensus is...

The last ten minutes or so lets go to the fox news capitol hill senior producer chad pergram with the latest. What are we looking at . I talked to senator jeff flake who indicated they might get to the 60 votes. This is all the math. They need to get this 60 votes. This is vote not to reopen the government. If they get 60 votes the government will reopen. This will be a test vote, signal, indicating later today that the senate will vote on threeweek interim spending bill to open the government through february 8th. It will have to go to the house of representatives, what the house of represent...