White House, Democrats Float Proposals to End Shutdown, but Wide Gaps Remain

Parts of the federal government will likely remain closed through next week after Democrats and Republicans failed to en.....»»

Parts of the federal government will likely remain closed through next week after Democrats and Republicans failed to en.....»»

Parts of the federal government will likely remain closed through next week after Democrats and Republicans failed to en.....»»

The Postal Service had long spurned EVs over cost, but House Democrats are lining up behind a White House push to allocate $8 billion for new trucks, paving the way for a fully electric fleet......»»

The idea could be an attempt to blunt criticism from Democrats that the tax law allowed many big businesses to wipe out their federal corporate taxes......»»

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he's in talks with the Trump administration about ways to avoid a partial government shutdown after Democratic lawmakers rejected his offer aimed at averting the clo.....»»

Nine federal departments will run out of money and shut down at midnight Friday unless Congress and the White House reach a deal to ext.....»»

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said it’s up to Democrats and the White House to negotiate an end to the budget standoff and en.....»»

President Donald Trump and congressional leaders will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday as a partial government shutdown continues, a White House spokeswoman said. Trump invited top Democrats to the bipartisan meeting .....»»

Votes are scheduled on a package of bills to end the shutdown and give Congress and the White House more time to reach a deal on border wa.....»»

House Democrats put their new political muscle to the test by passing bills to fund the government, but the White House threatened a president.....»»

Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, said the government shutdown imperils the Medicare program. The federal government went into a partial shutdown in late December after the White House and Democrats re.....»»

No Congressional Democrats will attend the meeting at the White House ostensibly aimed at ending the government shutdown, officially the longest.....»»

Moderate Democrats decline an invitation to the White House as President Trump tries to undercut House Speaker Nancy Pelosi .....»»

President Donald Trump on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with House Republicans, as Democratic lawmakers spurned an invitation to come to the White House to discuss ending the longest government shutdown on record......»»

A government shutdown that lasted 35 days did not get U.S. President Donald Trump the $5.7 billion he wants for a wall on the Mexico border. In the wake of a deal that re-opened the government temporarily, White House aides said that if Democrats w.....»»

Leadership in Washington flips from red to blue every so often, but one thing always seems to remain the same: a dedication to personalization. .....»»

To pay for their spending plans, the White House and congressional Democrats will need to boost the limit on U.S. federal debt. They could face a familiar roadblock: maverick West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin......»»

Democrats may bypass the GOP to enact a follow-up infrastructure and jobs package through reconciliation, the procedure used for the Biden stimulus. President Joe Biden. White House/Lawrence Jackson D.....»»

"I want to find out how and why this happened, and obviously I'm going to urge them to change course," Democratic Rep. Jared Huffma.....»»