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Dreamers protest outside of the Capitol calling for passage of the Dream Act as Congress works to find a way to end the government shutdown on Sunday evening, Jan. 21, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Adjourns, Ensures Government Shutdown on Monday

By Niels Lesniewski and Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 21, 2018 at 10:07pm
A tourist stops to read a sign posted outside the Library of Congress in Washington on Sunday, notifying visitors that all LOC buildings will be closed to the public in the event of a temporary government shutdown. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House GOP to Senate: You Can’t Bind Us

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 21, 2018 at 6:42pm
From left, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., leave a meeting in Sen. Susan Collins’s office with other Senate moderates as they try to find a way to end the government shutdown on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Bipartisan Group of Senators Hoping for Breakthrough on Shutdown

By Joe Williams and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 21, 2018 at 4:02pm
President Donald Trump wants Senate legislation to pass with fewer votes. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Trump Wants to Go ‘Nuclear’ — On Senate Votes

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 21, 2018 at 9:10am
Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth criticized President Donald Trump’s comments about the government shutdown, calling him a “five-deferment draft dodger.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

With No Deal, Senate Heads Toward Votes at 1 a.m. Monday

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 20, 2018 at 9:44pm
This poster depicting Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer contributed to partisan tensions  Saturday — and a vote on whether it violated House decorum rules.

Republicans’ Schumer Poster Rankles Dems, Prompts Decorum Vote

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 20, 2018 at 6:23pm
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy renewed his call for the Senate to change its rules. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House GOP Has Message for Senate on Shutdown: Nuke the Filibuster

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 20, 2018 at 6:00pm
House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., plans to introduce a four-day continuing resolution (Bill Clark/Roll Call file photo)

Hoyer Introduces Four-Day CR to Fund Government

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 20, 2018 at 5:51pm
Speaker of the House Paul D. Ryan has removed Rep. Patrick Meehan from the Ethics Committee after allegations of sexual misconduct against the Pennsylvania Republican emerged. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ryan Removes Meehan From Ethics Committee

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 20, 2018 at 5:17pm
Protesters, mostly federal workers, hold up signs at the Capitol in October 2013 urging Congress to end a government shutdown. Congress and President Donald Trump averted another one this week by agreeing on another short-term continuing resolution. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Amid Shutdown, White House Says Senate Democrats ‘Out of Control’

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 20, 2018 at 3:52pm