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Senate Democrats are voting against a Republican "clean" continuing resolution to reopen the federal government because they insist on negotiations over and related health-care provisions rather than ...
The claim that the Republican-backed continuing resolution (CR) on the table is a truly “clean” bill is : House Republicans passed a short-term CR described as clean because it largely extends FY2025 ...
Democrats have conditioned ending the shutdown largely on concrete action to avert a looming healthcare “cliff” — that expire and would otherwise sharply raise marketplace premiums — along with relate...
Senate Democrats repeatedly blocked a Republican "clean" continuing resolution to end the government shutdown, with a pivotal procedural vote on October 28, 2025, failing 54-45 and falling short of th...
A substantial subset of President Trump’s 2025 executive orders has faced litigation, and courts have both blocked and allowed different orders to proceed; reporting shows specific judicial stays or r...
The 2026 federal pay raise and the separate 2026 COLA for benefits are driven by different statutory formulas, executive choices and congressional action: the Federal Employee Pay Comparability Act (F...
Available sources document legal fights and injunctions over mass firings during the 2025 government shutdown and report that the Trump administration moved to fire roughly 4,100 employees across mult...
Republicans are pushing a to reopen the federal government and fund operations through mid- to late-November, arguing immediate passage would restore paychecks and services while avoiding policy rider...
Senate Democrats are withholding votes to pass the House GOP’s continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government, demanding healthcare concessions—chiefly an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Ac...
A definitive, single-number answer is not possible from the documents provided: public trackers and news coverage in the dossier document hundreds of suits that challenge or involve the Trump administ...
Federal employees should expect uncertainty: the administration submitted an “alternative pay plan” proposing a 1% across‑the‑board 2026 raise (3.8% for certain law‑enforcement personnel), but Congres...
Federal employees face a likely small 2026 raise under the White House alternative pay plan—most civilians would get about a 1% across‑the‑board increase while certain law‑enforcement roles could rece...
Available reporting shows dozens of coordinated legal challenges — including union suits, state AG actions, class actions and multiple filings by advocacy groups — seeking to stop or undo mass firings...
Senate Democrats were the decisive actors who blocked the Republican “clean” Continuing Resolution (CR) and therefore prevented the Senate from reaching the 60‑vote cloture threshold needed to end the...
The CR amendments proposed a mix of targeted policy changes and broad funding extensions: Senate proposals included debt-limit and billionaire tax provisions, while House and omnibus drafts focused on...
The clean funding resolution was principally opposed by , led publicly by Sen. Chuck Schumer, who objected because the measure omitted a permanent extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies a...
House Republicans, led by Congresswoman Stephanie Bice, and House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole pushed a aimed at keeping the federal government open, arguing it would avoid the harms of a shutdown an...
Senate Democrats largely opposed the GOP “clean” continuing resolution (CR) to end the shutdown, citing demands to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies and negotiate health-care costs rather ...
President Biden did not issue a clear, direct public call in the provided reporting to pass a in 2025; instead, Democratic leaders publicly resisted accepting a Republican-led clean CR unless they sec...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer publicly pushed for a to fund the government for 2024–2025 and end the shutdown, framing the move as a bipartisan exit ramp that Democrats supported; House Republi...