Ali Vitali
Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News
Ali Vitali is MS NOW’s senior congressional correspondent and the host of “Way Too Early.” She is the author of “Electable: Why America Hasn’t Put a Woman in the White House … Yet.”
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Inside the backroom negotiations that led to the shutdown deal
For many of the Democrats who eventually supported the Republican spending bill, the shutdown strategy was one they were never comfortable with.
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Democrats finally propose a shutdown deal — and Republicans torch it in seconds
Democrats and Republicans appear to be moving further apart on the shutdown, but there are signs that lawmakers could be headed toward a deal.
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Senate Democrats blink on the shutdown after 40 days of pain
The government shutdown looks like it will end sometime this week.
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Democrats try a new shutdown strategy: Unity
Different Democrats have had all sorts of different strategies throughout the shutdown. But Democrats now want to try to speak with one voice.
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Trump’s private push to end the filibuster flops with GOP senators
Trump continues to insist the best way out of the shutdown is for Republicans to end the filibuster. GOP senators aren’t having it.
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Senators express new hope about ending the shutdown — maybe, potentially
Republicans think Democrats are about to cave. Democrats think Republicans are softening. But there are some bipartisan talks that could lead to a solution.
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‘I trust no Republican’s word’: Democrats dismiss Thune’s shutdown offer
Democrats said Thune’s offer of a guaranteed vote on extending Obamacare subsidies is “not what we need.”
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Thune reveals to MSNBC he’s offered Democrats a vote on Obamacare subsidies
“We can guarantee you get a vote by a date certain,” Senate Republican leader John Thune said.
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Johnson says ACA negotiations can’t happen until the government reopens
The House speaker continued to blame Democrats for the ongoing shutdown as they hold the line on health care.
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Trump’s partisan shutdown emails break the law, top Oversight Democrat says
Rep. Robert Garcia is asking for an Office of the Special Counsel investigation into the Trump administration’s shutdown guidance.