The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of federal government by passing a funding bill after ...
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 ...
Their support meant the bill was able to break the 60-vote threshold to avoid a filibuster, 62-38. The nine Democrats are a ...
UPDATED with Senate passage, 4:01 PM: The Senate passed a bill to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year and ...
The measure had a pathway for passage following the cloture vote on the bill, which passed on a near-partisan basis in the ...
Democrats were split on the vote, with some wanting to use it as leverage to fight Department of Government Efficiency cuts.
President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside all Republicans in a key procedural vote to advance House Republicans’ ...
Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...
Senate Republicans and some Democrats voted to advance a stopgap funding bill which clears the path for a final vote to avert ...
The bill narrowly passed the House earlier this week, with Rep. Thomas Massie being the only House Republican to oppose it.
Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...