The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the 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 ...
The measure had a pathway for passage following the cloture vote on the bill, which passed on a near-partisan basis in the ...
Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside all Republicans in a key procedural vote to advance House Republicans’ ...
UPDATED with Senate passage, 4:01 PM: The Senate passed a bill to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year and ...
Democrats were stuck between two choices they despised: Vote for a funding bill that reflects Republican spending priorities ...
Democrats were split on the vote, with some wanting to use it as leverage to fight Department of Government Efficiency cuts.
Democrats voted to end the filibuster, paving the way for Republicans to pass their funding bill before the shutdown deadline ...
The bill narrowly passed the House earlier this week, with Rep. Thomas Massie being the only House Republican to oppose it.
The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...
Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...