Congress is in the midst of a shutdown stalemate, and lawmakers have left Washington. Only the Senate plans to return before government funding expires at the end of the month.

The House passed a short-term bill Friday to keep the government open into the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Hours later, the Senate rejected it, along with a Democrat alternative adding more healthcare spending and some of Democrats’ other priorities.

“All it takes is a handful of Democrats to join the Republicans in keeping the government open and funded,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, referring to the chamber’s 60-vote threshold for overcoming a filibuster.

He plans to hold a vote on the Republican bill again when the chamber returns next week. The House has adjourned through Sept. 30, putting pressure on the Senate to take that bill as the only option for averting a shutdown. Read Full Story

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President Donald Trump called for GOP unity Monday on a stopgap spending bill to fund the government ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline, as he wants Democrats to shoulder the blame if there’s a shutdown. 

“In times like these, Republicans have to stick TOGETHER to fight back against the Radical Left Democrat demands, and vote ‘YES!’” Trump posted on social media. 

“Democrats want the Government to shut down. Republicans want the Government to OPEN.” Read Full Story

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President Donald Trump suggested his administration will target “radical-left” groups that funded violence toward political activist Charlie Kirk and other conservative figures, including the president himself. 

Charlie Kirk was killed on Wednesday at a Utah Valley University campus event with a single gunshot wound by an unknown shooter. 

“My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it,” Trump said Wednesday evening in an Oval Office address. 

“Radical-left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives.” Read Full Story

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