With a rare Saturday Senate session, set to reconvene on Sunday, lets have a look at how many democratic vote is required to end the shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Anthony Bucco will return to another term after a unanimous vote by his colleagues. With the Senate not up this year – the upper

Senate Republicans reject Democrat offer to extend health care subsidies for a year in order to reopen the government, as a bipartisan impasse over the longest government shutdown in US history continues and nears the 40-day mark.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Friday called a Democrat proposal to reopen the government a "non-starter" as the shutdown continues.

Senate Republicans are lambasting an offer by Democrats to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies for one year as part of a deal to reopen the government, arguing there is little to no appetite for such an agreement.

The Senate will work through the weekend to negotiate reopening the federal government and possibly vote after a bipartisan effort failed Thursday.

Trump wants Republicans to end the shutdown quickly and scrap the filibuster, which requires 60 Senate votes for most legislation, so they can bypass Democrats altogether. Vice President JD Vance, a former Ohio senator, endorsed the idea in an online post Saturday, saying Republicans who want to keep the filibuster are “wrong.”

Senate Republicans are in a deadlock with Democrats after pressure tactics to end the 38-day government shutdown failed to break the impasse. Senate Republicans are batting around various ideas to

Senate Democrats appeared emboldened in their shutdown posture Wednesday after a sweep in key races in Tuesday's elections. But the caucus appears split on how to proceed, with some progressives urging Democrats not to cave now on their health care demands, while some moderates engage in talks on a way out.

Assemblyman John DiMaio will remain the GOP's Assembly leader, over the objections of at least one of his colleagues.

President Trump declared to reporters Friday that Republicans would not lose a future election if the party’s leadership in the Senate moved to eliminate the parliamentary procedure known as