Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes stopgap funding bill
Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday on a key procedural vote to advance a bill that would ultimately avert a government shutdown at midnight, despite intensifying pressure from across the Democratic Party to block the GOP’s funding measure.
Congress averts government shutdown after Senate passes spending bill
The bill narrowly passed the House earlier this week, with Rep. Thomas Massie being the only House Republican to oppose it.
How some Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to vote against government shutdown
Friday to pass a Republican-sponsored stopgap funding bill that averted a federal government shutdown. The vote was the second of two key votes that passed the bill: The advance vote: The Senate voted 62-38 to end debate on the bill – a cloture vote – and advance it to a final vote.
Senate averts government shutdown with help of key Democrat
Just hours before a shutdown was set to start, Congress passed a bill to keep the government funded for the next six months. Republicans averted the shutdown with the help of a key Democrat.
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The US Senate approved a six-month provisional budget just hours before the current budget period expires, preventing the shutdown of federal offices. Senators from the Democratic Party assisted in the vote.
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