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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Schumer backs down on shutdown threat, giving Senate Republicans a political win Sat Aug 8 17:09:46 2026

Senate Democrats abandoned months of brinkmanship and backed a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open, a retreat that Senate Majority Leader John Thune says was driven by cold electoral math ahead of the midterm elections. The Senate advanced a continuing resolution on Saturday to avert yet another government shutdown, with Minority Leader Chuck […] The post Schumer backs down on shutdown threat, giving Senate Republicans a political win appeared first on American Almanac .

Senate Democrats abandoned months of brinkmanship and backed a bipartisan spending bill to keep the government open, a retreat that Senate Majority Leader John Thune says was driven by cold electoral math ahead of the midterm elections. The Senate advanced a continuing resolution on Saturday to avert yet another government shutdown, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus supporting the measure after weeks of resistance. The CR would fund federal agencies at current levels through December 11, pushing the next budget fight past Election Night and into a lame-duck session of Congress. Thune told Fox News Digital that Democrats made a political calculation, not a principled one. He said the minority party did not want to spend the…Open

REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - White House Stands Firm: Keep Government Open for American Families Thu Jul 23 17:09:07 2026

JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Budget negotiations in Congress move forward; special session next month Sat Apr 25 22:01:46 2026

The nearly three week-long session will include conference committees meeting the first week with all senators returning to their districts after May 15 and coming back to Tallahassee after Memorial Day to vote on the conference report, according to the memo

DAILYCALLER (Nicole Silverio) - GOP, Democrats Find One Thing They Agree On During DHS Shutdown: King Charles Should Address Congress Wed Apr 1 16:03:33 2026

DHS continues to be shut down

JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - WH: Trump to host Easter dinner if Congress comes back to end DHS shutdown Mon Mar 30 19:52:39 2026

The Senate, last week, passed a plan to end the shutdown by funding DHS, except for ICE and CBP, prompting an enraged House to pass a 60-day continuing resolution to fund the whole department.

AMERICANGREATNESS (Michael Letts) - Donald Trump Is Ready to Protect Airports at a Time When the Democrats Aren’t Even Trying Wed Mar 25 14:41:50 2026

We are now five weeks into the ongoing partial government shutdown. With it has come chaos for our law enforcement agents nationwide, as well as […] Source

AMERICANGREATNESS (Michael Letts) - Donald Trump Is Ready to Protect Airports at a Time When the Democrats Aren’t Even Trying Wed Mar 25 07:13:16 2026

We are now five weeks into the ongoing partial government shutdown. With it has come chaos for our law enforcement agents nationwide, as well as […] Source

DAILYCALLER (Mariane Angela) - John Fetterman Bluntly Tells Democrats What Their DHS Shutdown Is Doing To Americans Sat Mar 21 00:46:44 2026

'Democrats are afraid of their base'

DAILYCALLER (Andi Shae Napier) - TSA Calls To End Now 25 Day ‘Democrat Shutdown’ With Airport Lines Out The Door, Terror Threats Abounding Tue Mar 10 17:42:17 2026

'The financial insecurity that comes from that is tremendous'

NEWSNATIONNOW (Meg Hilling) - Secret Service shooting puts DHS funding battle in spotlight Sun Feb 22 16:00:02 2026

Secret Service agents are currently working without pay, alongside TSA agents and some immigration officials.