The Senate now has sufficient Democratic votes to reopen the federal government after a 40-day shutdown, after a uncommon Saturday session yielded little progress...
Senate Democrats emerged from a two-and-a-half-hour caucus assembly Sunday evening saying there can be sufficient votes within the Senate to reopen the federal authorities...
A key Senate Democratic negotiator indicated on Thursday {that a} deal to finish the shutdown quickly is unlikely.
“No, I don’t think so,” Sen. Gary Peters...