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The Real Reason Behind Democrats’ Government Shutdown
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Transportation Chief Warns of Potential Air Travel Disruptions
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy delivered a stern message at the Capitol on Thursday: The federal government shutdown is already putting a strain on air traffic controllers, and the problem will only get worse until…
Senate Democrats Spurn Bill to Pay Essential Federal Employees
Senate Democrats have blocked paying essential federal workers as the government shutdown continues into its fourth week. In a vote of 54-to-45, a bill sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to pay essential federal workers,…
Hill GOP Leadership Debating Next Steps in Shutdown Stare Down
More than three weeks into what is now the second-longest federal government shutdown in history, Republicans have to decide whether or not to change their strategy or keep putting the same government funding bill on the…
SBA Chief Loeffler Details Effect of Shutdown on Small Businesses
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Hundreds of small businesses are in peril during the federal government shutdown as they are unable to access their federal government loans, according to President Donald Trump’s Small Business…
GOP Calls Jeffries’ Refusal to Back Military Pay Bill a ‘Political Ploy‘
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has come out against a standalone Senate bill to pay American military service members and some other federal workers. Jeffries’ public opposition comes as thousands of federal…
Fearing Wrath of Left, Senate Democrats Not Yielding on Shutdown
In newly reported remarks, some Democrat insiders are blaming the far Left for the failure of Senate Democrats to vote to end the federal government shutdown, now nearly three weeks old. “People are going to get hammered,”…
Trump stops Biden’s Euro-style solution to flight delays
The Biden administration spent four years placing a record level of new regulatory impediments on the nation’s airlines. An analysis by the Office of Management and Budget estimates that former President Joe Biden’s…
Some of the Government Should Shut Down for Good
When Chuck Schumer first took federal office as a member of the House of Representatives in January 1981, the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt for December 1980 reported that the federal debt at the end of that year was…
The 4 Most Off-the-Rails Shutdown Moments So Far
As the fourth week of the government shutdown approaches, little has changed in terms of getting Democrats on board with a short-term funding extension. But Capitol Hill has been far from dull, with shouting matches between…
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