Jordain Carney

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer laid out a new Democratic counterproposal for ending the government shutdown: attaching a one-year extension of soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies to a spending stopgap that would reopen agencies. Schumer out... See more

The Senate is heading toward a likely weekend session as the shutdown threatens to drag into a seventh week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in a brief interview Friday he would “probably” keep members in Washington this weekend if Democrats, as ex... See more

Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham said Thursday he is meeting with fellow Republicans about making a new run at passing a party-line policy bill in the coming months. “I want us to look at what a reconciliation package, a new one, would look like,” Graha... See more

Senate Democrats rejected the House-passed, GOP-led stopgap for the 13th time Tuesday, as the pain from the government shutdown is poised to escalate by week’s end. Lawmakers voted 54-45 on the funding patch, which would float federal operations through N... See more

The Senate rejected a GOP-led funding bill for the ninth time Wednesday, all but guaranteeing the shutdown will stretch into next week, at least. Senators voted 51-44 on the stopgap, which would fund the government through Nov. 21. Democratic Sens. John F... See more