The Senate returns to Washington today, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, with no vote scheduled on a House-backed plan to fund and reopen the government. The shutdown, now in its 34th day, will become the ...

Watch live from the Senate floor. The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor ...

Watch live from the Senate floor. The Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown took effect Friday morning, ...

Senate Republicans plan to vote today, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, on a House-passed measure to reopen the government, hoping to garner enough Democrats to advance a bill that could end the longest shutdown ...

The Senate will vote at 11:30 a.m. ET today, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, on a House-backed bill to fund and reopen the government, with the government shutdown 2025 poised to become the longest in history ...