House Debate on Homeland Security Department Funding
The House debated, and later passed, temporary Homeland Security funding through February 28, 2019, as negotiations…
On the 34th day of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) offered a unanimous consent to immediately… read more
On the 34th day of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) offered a unanimous consent to immediately pay all members of the Coast Guard. It was objected to by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who called for the entire government to reopen and for all federal employees to be paid. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Richard Shelby (R-AL) also spoke. close
The House debated, and later passed, temporary Homeland Security funding through February 28, 2019, as negotiations…
Just prior to the Senate taking a pair of votes on competing bills to end the longest government shutdown in U.S.…
Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) talked about how members of the U.S. Coast Guard have not received a paycheck due to the…
On day 26 of a government shutdown over President Trump’s demand for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, a group of Democratic…