Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care tax credits.

Senate Republicans swiftly shot down a Democrat proposal to end the shutdown that would have seen Obamacare subsidies extended for one year. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) joins Alex Witt to share his insight on the effects of the shutdown,

A fragile coalition emerged, and Senate Democrats may break with the party to pass a spending bill, potentially ending the shutdown but scoring no healthcare wins.

The politically charged request to urge the House to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva had no chance with Senate Republicans.

Republican fiscal hawks in Congress are making a new pitch in the struggle to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: Continue to spend at the same rate as last year for as long as possible.

The House Judiciary committee is likely to send a criminal referral to the Justice Department of George Mason President Gregory Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter.

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden made the announcement in a lengthy column published in the Bangor Daily News in which he lamented the increasing hostility in the nation's politics and threats against him and his family.

Congress’ path to irrelevance as a body of government did not begin during the shutdown. It is the result of decades of erosion that created a political culture in which Congress is relegated to second-class status.