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The Senate had approved it earlier in the week, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature.

"I believe you are wrong."

The elder Shaheen, a former governor who is retiring next year instead of seeking a fourth Senate term, was one of seven Democrats who voted with Republicans to end the ...

Hundreds of representatives are set to return on Wednesday, carrying proposals, complaints, and legislative priorities that stalled while Johnson refused to convene the chamber. 

“My values are reflected in my vote and the things that I support here, and if that might put me at odds with parts of my party, I’m OK with ...

“Nice woman. But I don’t know what happened, she’s lost her way, I think.”

“Tonight was a very bad night.”

“This has gone on too long. Too many people have suffered, and it’s long overdue.“

Republican leaders need five more votes to fund the government.

“Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes healthcare affordability."

"This is a crisis, to be sure, but it is a crisis occasioned by congressional failure, and that can only be solved by congressional action.”

"There is going to be a 10% reduction in capacity at 40 of our locations."

Axon Enterprise slumped 17.3% after forecasting weaker profits than analysts expected.

“Trump wasn’t on the ballot …”

“The only plan Republicans have for healthcare seems to be to eliminate it, and then to tell working people to go figure it out on their own."

“I’m getting letters from Democrats saying, ‘You should declare an emergency and create your own SNAP,’ when they’re the ones that are filibustering SNAP."

“And again, I feel like the Democrats really need to own the shutdown. I mean, we’re shutting it down.”

“We work overtime to make sure the system is safe. And we will slow traffic down, you’ll see delays, we’ll have flights canceled to make sure the system is safe."

“And you know largely, when you talk about SNAP, you’re talking about largely Democrats …”

“I’m apologizing that we can’t even get our sh** together and just open up our government.”