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.
The Senate voted to avoid a government shutdown less than nine hours before the deadline, leaving Democrats divided and ...
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