Tag: government shutdown
Hope floats — Bradley Byrne introduces bill to pay Coast Guard...
The U.S. Coast Guard is the only branch of the military whose members go without pay during a government shutdown. That's because unlike...
Political pressure leaves little room for resolving shutdown
There is no easy way out.
As the third government shutdown of President Donald Trump's tenure stretched into its...
White House tries to hold jittery GOP in line on shutdown
The White House is trying to hold jittery congressional Republicans in line on the 19th day of the partial government shutdown, with...
Donald Trump to take case for border wall to prime-time audience
President Donald Trump will argue to the nation Tuesday night that a "crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border requires the long and invulnerable...
Donald Trump plans border visit as shutdown lurches into 3rd week
With no breakthrough in sight to end the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is planning to visit the U.S.-Mexico border on...
Doug Jones delivers message to House colleagues: end the government shutdown
Alabama U.S. Sen. Doug Jones took to the Senate floor on Thursday where he delivered a message to his House colleagues: end the...
Day 13: New Congress, same old impasse over Donald Trump’s wall
The partial government shutdown entered a 13th day Thursday with House Democrats prepared to pass their plan to reopen government and President...
Tops on House Democrats’ to-do list: Try to end shutdown
House Democrats are sweeping into power this week on a campaign promise of improving government for ordinary Americans. But first, they'll have...
Richard Shelby says government shutdown could last a long, long time
Alabama U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Sunday that the current government shutdown "could last a...
No solution to shutdown in sight before Dems take House
The partial government shutdown will almost certainly be handed off to a divided government to solve in the new year — the...
