GOP, Senate and Government shutdown
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It's not for urgent talks on how to end the shutdown, but a celebratory display of unity as they refuse to negotiate on Democratic demands for health care funds.
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Indiana Senate Republicans don't have the votes to push redistricting. Braun isn't giving up
Indiana Senate Republicans do not have the votes to pass mid-decade redistricting despite a months-long campaign by the White House to secure two additional Republican seats.
Sununu, who served the Granite State in the Senate until he lost a re-election bid to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., in 2008, said in an announcement video, “I'd be honored to have your support and return to the Senate to help calm the waters."
Senate Foreign Relations Chair James Risch (R-Idaho) has no plans "at this time" to hold an oversight hearing on the Trump administration's deadly strikes on vessels off the coast of Venezuela. Why it matters: With a few exceptions,
Michigan Senate Republicans issued a joint letter to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer demanding Col. James F. Grady II and Lt. Col. Aimee Brimacombe be let go from Michigan State Police.
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Live updates: Senate’s 12th attempt to end shutdown fails; Trump says East Wing being demolished
The Senate again downed the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government in a vote Wednesday. The 12th vote on the legislation failed 54-46. It followed a 22-hour speech from Sen.
The North Carolina Senate approved a new congressional map aimed at helping Republicans eke out an additional GOP seat to help shore up the party’s majority in the US House after next year’s midterm elections.