We are now 357 days away from the midterms and after a historic 40-day shutdown. The government may be reopening soon. Tonight, the Senate voted on a final passage of a funding deal negotiated by a group of Democratic senators and Republican leadership.The eight Democrats backing the plan consisted of a mix of retiring lawmakers, not at risk, senators not up for reelection this cycle, not really at risk, and independent Angus King of Maine. The agreement funds the government at the existing levels through J ...

Joining me now, the Washington bureau chief for USA Today, Susan Paige, and former Republican congressman from Florida, Carlos Carbelloo, who is also an MSNBC political analyst. Uh, Susan, is this an economic plan. Well, the president apparently didn't tell his Treasury Secretary about it because on one of the Sunday shows yesterday, uh, Secretary Bessant seemed to know nothing about it and tried to explain, walk it back, saying maybe some of the tax cuts that were part of the, uh, the bill that's already b ...

I want to bring in MSNBC senior Hill correspondent Ali Vatitali. Jake Sherman is co-founder of Punch Bowl News and an MSNBC political contributor with me here in studio. Julie Rgginsky, Democratic strategist and author of the Salty Politics newsletter on Substack.So Ally, bring us up to speed. Where are we. What happens now.We're waiting to see just how quickly the Senate is ultimately going to be able to move on this, Chris, knowing full well that they'll have the votes that they need to do so when they de ...

The decision by eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus to side with Republicans to advance a bill Sunday night to end the government shutdown drew heated condemnations from other members of the party and reopened longstanding divisions on how best to fight back against President Trump.⁠⁠The small group of defectors reasoned Sunday that the shutdown had caused too much pain and that the modest concessions from Republicans, including a pledge to hold a vote on healthcare, were enough.⁠⁠Read more: 🔗 htt ...

other than the New England Patriots possibly becoming the best, if not one of the best teams in the NFL. I mean, they're looking good. The Pats are back, but also, and this is just Democrats, I get it. They have the best week that they've had in a year and a half. And then fear and loathing and the ringing of hands because they may reopen the government because yes, there are some Democrats who understand that people are going hungry. And what have they done? They have found out and they have exposed a Whit ...

[Music] Good evening. I'm Jessica Leightton in New York. There is breaking news tonight on the long government shutdown in US history.Let's go live now to Capitol Hill where the Senate has just taken the first step to end the record-long government shutdown, 40 days in counting. Senators voting to pass a new bill proposed by Republicans that would fund the government through January 30th. Now, this bill still needs to go through the House, and it is not yet clear whether House Democratic leaders are on boar ...

I think the question for Republicans right now, why wait 10 months to start talking about these alternatives. Why not propose something, vote on something the first or second month that President Trump took office. Was that a failure to address a critical issue.>> No. We we have quite a few issues that we've been dealing with already. You think about what happened this past July with what we did in in tax changes, what we did in healthcare, and I know my Democratic colleagues continue to attack us and they ...

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Right now, the Senate is in a rare Saturday session, but with no votes planned yet to end the longest government shutdown in US history. Friday, Senate Democrats drastically scaled back their demands for ending the stalemate, saying they will agree to a one-year extension of expiring healthc care subsidies and open bipartisan negotiations before next year's open enrollment. Senate Majority Leader John Thun rejected that offer, saying Republicans won't negotiate on the subsidies until the government reopens. ...

So, we're now 38 days into this government shutdown. And Republicans have consistently said Democrats just vote to reopen the government and we can negotiate healthcare later. On the other hand, Democrats have said that no, Americans who buy their health insurance under the Affordable Care Act are going to have their premiums skyrocket next year unless they are given subsidies or tax credits.today. This was perhaps the biggest step and the biggest proposal yet from Democrats who call it a compromise, saying ...