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Senate Democrats voted for a 12th time on Wednesday to block a House-passed bill to reopen the government and keep it funded through Nov. 21. Democrats blocked the funding measure — a clean
Senate Democrats indicated they wouldn’t vote for the GOP bill, since it does not include financial relief for furloughed federal employees.
President Donald Trump refuses to negotiate with congressional Democrats until the government reopens, deepening the 22-day shutdown over healthcare subsidies.
Oklahoma's Republican Congressional delegates blamed Senate Democrats for the government shutdown that will cause SNAP funding to halt starting Nov. 1.
Dan Osborn, the independent candidate running a repeat bid for a Nebraska Senate seat, is leaning on Democrats to pad his campaign coffers in a challenge against Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE). Osborn raised thousands of dollars in recent months from current and former Democratic lawmakers,
Name, image and likeness rules for college athletes are the subject of competing legislation, and professional athletes unions have picked a side.
According to a new poll, former Senator Sherrod Brown is narrowly ahead of Republican Jon Husted in the Senate race.