Key Senate Dem Says Party Caved on Shutdown to Make a Symbolic Point About the GOP

Sen. Dick Durbin said the fight proved “Republicans are not sensitive to health care insurance premiums and we are.” That won ...
Post and Courier

Sen. Lindsey Graham says shutdown will end this week: ‘We're just not going to be held hostage’

GREENVILLE — The government shutdown is disruptive and inconvenient for South Carolinians, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Oct. 6, but the state’s senior senator expects to find a breakthrough with Democrats ...
The Greenville News

Sen. Lindsey Graham vows Republicans won't give in to healthcare subsidies to end shutdown

Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke at a Republican business forum in Greenville, South Carolina. Graham blamed Democrats for the government shutdown, citing disagreements over healthcare subsidies. He ...
WTVY

Sen. Lindsey Graham proposes that lawmakers forfeit pay during government shutdown

WASHINGTON (WCSC/Gray News) - Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says forcing members of Congress to give up their paychecks during government shutdowns would end them faster. Graham introduced a ...
NPR

Bipartisan negotiations are the 'obvious way out' of the shutdown, says Sen. Dick Durbin

As the government shutdown stretches into its ninth day, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is urging House Republicans to return to Washington and negotiate, warning that millions of Americans could soon see ...
NBC News

Lindsey Graham says shutdown won’t push him to meet Democrats’ health care demands: Full interview

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) weighs in on the government shutdown and the peace deal between Israel and Hamas, which he ...