The Senate voted Friday to close debate on the House-passed government spending bill, the chamber’s first step toward passing a bill.
The measure passed 79-19. Nineteen Republians voted against it.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) had urged his colleagues to vote “no” in an effort to force Senate Majority Harry Reid (D-NV) to defund Obamacare.
More votes, including on an amendment to strip the bill of its defund language, will follow shortly.
Planned Parenthood is leaving the federal government’s Title X program, which funds family planning services for low-income people, due to…
Following the ousters of the Homeland Security secretary and Secret Service director, and the withdrawal of the would-be ICE director’s…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday called for ousted Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles to testify before…
Nielsen: "I just want to thank the President, again." pic.twitter.com/5m8WSU9Xej — TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) April 8, 2019
