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Senate Democrats refuse to go along with GOP spending plan, as shutdown deadline nears

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A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led government funding bill.

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CNN

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AOC breaks with Schumer on GOP government funding bill

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that she disagrees with Senator Chuck Schumer about voting for the GOP’s stopgap bill to avoid a government shutdown.

30 days ago·Chicago, United States

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independent.co.uk

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Senate Democrats prepare to defy leadership and brace for a shutdown

Senate Democrats are betting voters will know who to blame for a shutdown, Eric Garcia reports

30 days ago·United Kingdom

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Colorado Public Radio

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Both Colorado senators against GOP spending bill

Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet have come out against the spending proposal. The government shuts down midnight Friday night.

30 days ago

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senate.gov

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U.S. Senator Tina Smith Voting No on Dangerous Republican Spending Bill - Senator Tina Smith

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) released the following statement on her decision to vote no on the Continuing Resolution (CR): “I will be voting no on cloture for the Continuing Resolution. “Donald Trump and Republicans are forcing two terrible choices on us, both of which are bad for the people of this country, and […]

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Fetterman says he won’t back government shutdown as funding deadline looms over Senate

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania says he won’t vote to shut down the government. But the possibility of a shutdown heightened...

30 days ago

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New York Post

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Shutdown looms as Senate Dems block GOP bill

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that most Democrats in the upper chamber will not support a House Republican-passed bill to fund the federal government through the end of September, all but ensuring a partial shutdown beginning at 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 14. “Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a...

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