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If they are confirmed, the new members nominated by President Trump can be sworn in. They were named to replace Biden nominees he fired.
The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to
The measure previously passed the Senate in April in a similarly bipartisan vote, but the bill was never considered by the Republican-led House.