Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) offered a plan Friday to end the government shutdown, headlined by a one-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits and a short-term spending bill.

Senate Republicans had planned to bring the House-passed bill to reopen the government back to the floor Friday, but after

John Thune erupted in anger on the Senate floor, blasting Democrats as the 30-day shutdown threatens SNAP benefits for millions of Americans.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) delivered a fiery floor speech Wednesday, chastising his Democratic colleagues for introducing legislation to fund SNAP benefits after consistently voting against a GOP proposal to reopen the government.

Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego spoke on the Senate floor Thursday, calling on their colleagues to pass a resolution demanding the swearing‑in of Representative‑elect Adelita Grijalva.

During her remarks from the Senate floor today, Senator Amy Klobuchar railed against Trump's reckless use of tariffs. Klobuchar labeled the tariffs "the perfect storm of ugly."

Senator Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to speak on the UPS plane crash in Louisville that left multiple people dead and several injured.

President Trump blamed the Republican election losses on Tuesday in part on the government shutdown, which is now the longest in U.S. history, saying, "the shutdown was a big factor, negative for the Republicans,