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.
Government-shutdown fight fractures Democratic Party
The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, who faced what they saw as an awful choice: shut the government down or consent to a Republican funding bill that allows President Donald Trump to continue slashing the federal government.
Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits ...
An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...
Many Senate Democrats are digging in their heels against a stopgap bill to fund the government. But with a shutdown looming, ...
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