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.
Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday on a key procedural vote to advance a bill that would ultimately avert a ...
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Democrats faced two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives the president vast discretion on spending ...
Schumer has defended his vote to keep the government running as the best of two bad choices aimed at not ceding Trump and ...
Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...
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