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Topic: continuing resolution

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak at a press conference on June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems should play hardball over shutdown

Chauncey DeVega
Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Jared Golden speak outside of Bath Iron Works on April 18, 2022. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Why a centrist Dem sided with the GOP

Russell Payne
Demonstrators gather at the Capitol Reflecting Pool near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on February 17, 2025 to protest against Project 2025 and the Trump administration. (BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate Dems wary of government shutdown

Russell Payne
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), right, seen on the floor before President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the Capitol building's House chamber in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Democrats split on a government shutdown

Russell Payne
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Trump: CEO or Führer? Maybe it's both

Andrew O'Hehir
Paul Ryan (AP/Susan Walsh)

GOP plays shutdown roulette

Matthew Sheffield
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Ted Cruz wants the Senate bad

Jim Newell
Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor (AP/Alex Brandon)

The right's new dirty trick

Brian Beutler
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The improved negotiator

Brian Beutler
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