Senate Infrastructure Vote

Government Shutdown, Senate and Bill Fails 11th

Government Shutdown: Funding Bill Fails 11th Vote

The Senate for an eleventh time Monday rejected a GOP-backed measure to reopen the government, blocking the funding bill from moving forward—with no new supporters, indicating negotiations remain at a...

· 17d · on MSN

Government funding vote fails again in Senate as hopes fade for quick end to shutdown

LIVE

· 5h · on MSN

Government shutdown live updates; Senate funding fight rages on; latest on Social Security

· 15h

Senate will vote to end government shutdown for 11th time Oct. 20: What to know

The Senate is set to vote for the 11th time on a bill to end the government shutdown on Oct. 20, but it's unclear if it will pass and stop the shutdown on its 20th day.

· 3h

Government shutdown on verge of tying second longest, with no end in sight: Live updates

· 6h

Day 20 of the federal government shutdown: How long will it last?

· 8h

Chip Roy becomes latest Republican to defy leadership on ‘nuclear option’ to end shutdown

“We need to be taking a look at the 60-vote threshold. I mean, we really do,” Roy, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told reporters this week as he became the latest major GOP lawmaker to buck lea...

· 4h

Democrats wrestle with strategy as shutdown enters Day 20

· 1d

Restless House Republicans begin to defy Johnson’s shutdown recess

E&E News

Dems decry ‘sham’ energy emergency but fail to kill it

Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed for a second time to convince a single Republican to block President Donald Trump’s energy emergency declaration that allows the administration to bypass environmental regulations to build energy projects of his preference.

Water needs up for vote in November

A state constitutional amendment regarding future water supply for the State of Texas is on the Nov. 4 ballot. If approved it would begin in 2027 and dedicate up to $1 billion of sales and use tax revenue to the Texas Water Fund.

Rappler

House passes 2026 budget, clash with Senate on billions in unprogrammed funds likely

The House retains hundreds of billions of pesos in unprogrammed funds that Senate President Tito Sotto says he will move to be removed from the 2026 budget

KUT

Your guide to Texas' proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this November

We've broken down all 17 ballot measures — what they mean and who's behind them — that will decide everything from property taxes to disciplining judges.