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The Senate sent a funding bill to the House. Here’s what has to happen next to reopen the government

Senators have approved a funding package to reopen the federal government, sending the compromise deal to their colleagues in the House. Centrist Senate Democrats struck a deal over the weekend with ... Read More

Poll: Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say they have a good friend in the other party

Despite a polarized, partisan political environment, most voters who consider themselves a member of a party say they have a close friend on the other side of the aisle, according to the latest ... Read More

Watch: Jeffries, Dems speak ahead of House vote on bill to reopen government

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Democratic leaders will speak with reporters Wednesday afternoon as the House prepares to vote on the Senate-backed funding measure that could reopen ... Read More

Progressive group calls for Sen. Chuck Schumer to resign over shutdown vote

The leader of one of the nation's largest progressive political organizing groups called for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s resignation following Sunday’s vote to reopen the federal government ... Read More

Jeffries says the "fight is not over" on health care subsidies as shutdown ends

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CBS News that Democrats will still press to extend a slate of expiring health insurance subsidies, as a 43-day-long government shutdown comes to an end ... Read More

When the dust settles on the shutdown deal, Democrats will likely still have the edge

On its face, the likely beginning of the path to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is a major Democratic capitulation. Most congressional Democrats were against the deal that eight ... Read More