How some Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to vote against government shutdown
The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote. Nine Democrats and one independent, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., voted in favor of cloture. That vote allowed the bill to pass with a simple majority in the final vote.
One crisis looks to be avoided as a midnight deadline looms to keep the government funded amid economic uncertainty and a ...
The Senate voted to avoid a government shutdown less than nine hours before the deadline, leaving Democrats divided and ...
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