There's a number of Republican and Democratic senators who are seeing what a disaster this will be for families that they represent.

It would require that President Trump play a major role in this, because he has such influence over the Republican majority in the House and even in the Senate.

What’s at stake here is the separation of powers. That’s been hijacked not by an emergency but by a presidential whim.

At least we’re on the same page talking about the same problem.

That was done deliberately, not just to cut spending, but to signal that Trump wants a shutdown.

It’s a war crime to starve a population to get what you want from your enemy.

As the Senate's only former public defender, I know how important federal support is to live up to our constitutional guarantee of the right to counsel.

Donald Trump has made it his personal mission to limit transparency and accountability, and the State Department’s upcoming human rights report — or what remains of it — will certainly reflect that.

As a result, we are deeply concerned that you may have failed to alert your personnel — or investors — of the immense legal risks they face for conducting what amounts to military operations on behalf of the Israeli government on land…

We are deeply concerned that you may have failed to alert your personnel — or investors — of the immense legal risks they face.

Canada understandably is furious and hurt by the way they’ve been treated by the U.S., and that has affected Vermont’s hospitality industry.