Senators Schumer and McConnell on Ending Shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced Democrats would accept Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s (R-KY) proposal to re-open the…
Just before a cloture vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government through February 8, Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) thanked senators for working on immigration… read more
Just before a cloture vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government through February 8, Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) thanked senators for working on immigration and said “now comes the real test” on whether Congress could “get this done” using regular order. He said this was the “largest bipartition group of senators ever to commit to moving on the Dream Act,” which would extend residency protections to undocumented immigrants who came or were brought to the U.S. as children. close
Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced Democrats would accept Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s (R-KY) proposal to re-open the…
Senator Cardin (D-MD) said he and the people of Maryland were glad the shutdown would be ending. He also spoke about…
Speaking on the Senate floor, Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) said Democrats were responsible for the government shutdown and had “a strategy…
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke at the start of day two of the government shutdown.