Senate Democrats on Tuesday refused to pass a stopgap bill that would keep the government running through November, heading the federal government toward a midnight shutdown.
Two Senate votes set the stage for a shutdown. A House-passed Republican proposal without Democrats’ funding wish list failed 55-45, according to CBS. Sixty votes were needed for passage.
🚨 Democrats just voted to shut down the government — but with multiple of them voting with Republicans to keep government open, Democrats are crumbling before the shutdown even begins. pic.twitter.com/nPnJ7id2ak
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Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with the Democrsts, broke ranks to support the bill.
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