The Senate on Thursday afternoon is set to vote on the Shutdown Fairness Act — a bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would provide pay for service members and excepted workers as the

The Senate failed to advance the House-passed funding bill that would end the government shutdown for the 12th time on Wednesday, following a marathon speech by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon.

Watch live as Senator Jeff Merkley continues his marathon overnight speech on the Senate floor. Merkley, who is 68, is warning that Trump’s moves since taking office amount to an

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been speaking for more than 17 hours — with a handful of other Democrats

The fate of the ongoing government shutdown will once again be put up for a vote in the Senate. Members of the Senate are expected to reconvene for a vote on a pair of bills to reopen the government later this afternoon on Oct. 6, but it's unclear whether ...

The Democratic Senator from Oregon is delivering an hours-long speech in the against President Trump. This blog is now closed.

The government may be shut down, but at least one Democratic senator is still working— speaking around the clock from the Senate floor against the dangers of President Trump and his administration. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon began speaking at 6:24 p.