Jul 11, 2017 ... Still, Trump and his budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, have said they won't cave so  readily this time — even if it means shutting down the government. ... the Senate  Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said “there's no way”  wall funding will get the 60 votes needed to pass the Senate this fall ...
Oct 20, 2016 ... While answering if they'll pledge to never shut down the federal government,  Cortez Masto quickly accused Heck of saying one thing on stage and doing ...  campaign is adamant that he voted for every bill to fund the government that  came to the House floor, including the final bill that ended the shutdown.
2 days ago ... House Republicans approved legislation Thursday to keep the government  running — something they've rarely been able to do on their own. The Senate  followed suit shortly thereafter, ensuring that a weekend shutdown would be  averted. Most House Democrats refused to support the stopgap measure, ...
Apr 27, 2017 ... It wasn't until a set of opinions issued by Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti in  1980 and '81 that the government started treating "spending gaps" — periods  when Congress has failed to allocate funds for the ongoing functions of  government — as necessitating the full or partial shutdown of government ...
Jun 29, 2017 ... TRENTON — New Jersey edged closer to a government shutdown Thursday as  Democrats failed to agree on a budget deal with Gov. Chris Christie. ... the  budget bill (A-5000) to a vote. Needing 41 votes for passage, the bill fell far short  — it was 24-21 in favor, with 35 members of the Assembly not voting.
I never was in favor of shutting down the government. … (I) voted to fund the government fully.