Senate, shutdown and funding bills
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The Senate failed to advance legislation to fund major portions of the government as talks over reforming ICE continue.
The country is facing a partial shutdown this weekend if lawmakers can't find a deal over a DHS funding measure.
The U.S. is facing a partial shutdown this weekend if lawmakers can't negotiate a DHS funding measure. How Kentucky senators voted.
Senate Democrats say Republicans have agreed to separate DHS funding from a package of five other appropriations bills that have already passed the House but have not yet cleared the Senate.
Republican lawmakers seek to empower Hoosier citizens to sue distributors of abortion-inducing drugs as a way of further enforcing Indiana's abortion ban.
The U.S. Senate will be postponing its Monday vote to Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in anticipation of this weekend’s winter storm set to hammer the East Coast. The winter storm approaching Washington, D.C., is expected to dump 9 to 12 inches of snow on the DMV and freeze Senate doors on Monday.