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.
Democrats were split on the vote, with some wanting to use it as leverage to fight Department of Government Efficiency cuts.
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Congress appears set to avoid a government shutdown, with the Senate preparing to pass legislation that would fund the ...
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