Senate GOP, Thune throw curveball into shutdown fight

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is throwing a curveball into the shutdown fight as he plans to bring a full-year ...

Some lawmakers call for ‘nuclear option’ to end government shutdown. What is it?

The so-called nuclear option entails overriding the Senate filibuster — a long-standing procedural tactic — which allows any senator to delay or block a vote by extending the window of debate ...

Thune points to Democrat’s previous shutdown concerns to criticize current holdout

Senate Majority Leader John Thune took to the senate floor Thursday to comment on the ongoing federal shutdown.

Government shutdown marches on after another failed Senate vote. What to know about the end

There doesn’t appear to be an end in sight for the government shutdown as it enters its seventeenth day on Thursday, Oct. 17.