Senate GOP leaders are again shaking up their strategy as they look for more ways to pressure Democrats to end a three-week stalemate over government funding — this time, with a vote that would keep paychecks flowing to “essential” workers.

Senate Republicans worry that Senate Democrats are creating a new blueprint for future funding fights but aren't ready to negotiate with on demands until after the government reopens.

Senate Republicans are increasingly chattering about changing the filibuster’s rules if Democrats do not end the shutdown, even though Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he opposes

When Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., was asked for his reaction to the story, he answered by deflecting to the recent revelation that the FBI analyzed his phone records, in addition to the phone metadata of nearly a dozen other GOP lawmakers as part of the investigation into attempts to certify a different slate of electors on Jan. 6, 2021.

The North Carolina Senate approved a new congressional map aimed at helping Republicans eke out an additional GOP seat to help shore up the party’s majority in the US House after next year’s midterm elections.

The Senate again downed the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government in a vote Wednesday. The 12th vote on the legislation failed 54-46. It followed a 22-hour speech from Sen.

Some Senate Republicans on Monday indicated the nominee, Paul Ingrassia, would not successfully make it through the Senate.