Senate Advances GOP Funding Bill with Support from 10 Democrats, Deepening Party Divisions

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Senate Votes To Advance GOP Funding Bill, Likely Avoiding Government Shutdown

The vote to proceed was 62-38, triggering a process that is expected to lead to passage of the funding bill later today and avoid a shutdown. Lawmakers had a deadline of midnight on Saturday.

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10 Democrats help Republicans advance GOP funding bill to avoid shutdown

A group of 10 Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), on Friday voted to advance a Republican-crafted bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, taking a crucial step toward avoiding a government shutdown while infuriating many within their own party.

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$13 billion in cuts to nondefense spending as well as a $6 billion increase in defense spending are proposed in the bill and it is written to fund the government until the end of the fiscal year.

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Senate Advances Stopgap Bill Amid Democratic Rancor

The U.S. Senate voted to advance a stopgap spending bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. Despite opposition from some Democrats, including anger at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the measure passed. President Trump's push to reduce the federal workforce continues amidst economic concerns.

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Senate Democrats help advance Trump’s spending bill - Washington Examiner

Democrats have been sharply divided over the Trump-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.

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US Senate government spending bill advances toward passage By Reuters

US Senate government spending bill advances toward passage

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Senate Advances GOP Funding Bill With Democratic Support

The plan would avert a government shutdown but give Donald Trump and Elon Musk more power over spending, sparking fierce backlash among Democrats.

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Chuck Schumer Says Senate Will Pass Bill To Fix D.C. Funding Cut

The legislation would apparently shield the D.C. government from a billion-dollar cut, but it would still need to be approved by the House.

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Spending bill to avert shutdown successfully beats filibuster with hours until deadline

The Senate voted on a key procedural motion regarding the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday. If a measure is not passed by midnight, the government will enter a shutdown.

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Senate Dems join with Republicans to advance government funding bill as shutdown looms

The bill — a continuing resolution that will essentially extend fiscal 2024 spending levels through the start of the 2026 fiscal year — is backed by President Trump.

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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Emmer Taunts ‘Completely Lost’ House Democrats — ‘We Don’t Need Their Votes’

As Congressional Democrats are increasingly divided by bitter infighting among the party’s leadership ranks that has spilled out into the

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Minnesota House starts second half of session in a tie

Newly elected DFL member sworn in to fill a seat that’s been vacant since the legislative session began in January. The transition from GOP control to and even split comes as a reset halfway through the session. Democrats boycotted the first month of the session over disputes about how to run the chamber.

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A Reckoning Is Coming For My Political Party

Ten members of the Senate Democratic caucus helped pass the GOP funding bill. The bill gutted billions of dollars of federal programs, including health care, cancer research, housing, infrastructure, and veterans’ services. House Republicans used a procedural measure before final passage of the bill that prevents Congress from having to vote on keeping or getting rid of Donald Trump’s deeply unpopular tariffs.

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US government shutdown likely averted; Democrats fracture

The measure cleared its first Senate hurdle early Friday evening, 62-38. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the bill earlier this week to meet a March 14 deadline to keep the government running. Senate Democrats have fractured over whether to support the short-term continuing resolution that would fund the government for the next six months.

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Senate advances plan to avert shutdown, in vote that exposes Democratic rifts

The vote highlights deep divisions within the Democratic party over how to respond to President Trump in his second term. The decision by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to support the funding bill sparked an intense backlash from House Democrats. The final vote was 62-38, as 10 Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure.

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Senate Advances GOP Funding Bill with Support from 10 Democrats, Deepening Party Divisions

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Senate Advances Stopgap Bill Amid Democratic Rancor

Senate Democrats help advance Trump’s spending bill - Washington Examiner

US Senate government spending bill advances toward passage By Reuters

Senate Advances GOP Funding Bill With Democratic Support

Chuck Schumer Says Senate Will Pass Bill To Fix D.C. Funding Cut

Spending bill to avert shutdown successfully beats filibuster with hours until deadline

Senate Dems join with Republicans to advance government funding bill as shutdown looms

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Emmer Taunts ‘Completely Lost’ House Democrats — ‘We Don’t Need Their Votes’

Minnesota House starts second half of session in a tie

A Reckoning Is Coming For My Political Party

US government shutdown likely averted; Democrats fracture

Senate advances plan to avert shutdown, in vote that exposes Democratic rifts

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