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.
Schumer, however — along with nine other Democrats — declined to block the GOP bill, saying they believed that allowing the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...
WASHINGTON—The leader of Senate Democrats moved to take the threat of a government shutdown off the table, following a ...
WASHINGTON – It's a bad week to be a Senate Democrat.
This move marks a significant concession from Schumer, who reversed his stance just one day after promising that Democrats would block the GOP measure. As a result, the bill is now poised to secure ...
With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain noncommittal while others publicly ...
Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...
A growing number of Democratic Party politicians, strategists and consultants are signaling anger against Sen. Chuck Schumer ...
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