Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) kept his caucus mostly in lockstep on the third vote to fund the government as Republicans hope to peel off Democrats uncomfortable with a protracted government shutdown.
Schumer did not lose any additional votes on Wednesday as Republicans put up the same House-passed funding bill that failed hours before a government shutdown began at midnight.
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In a 55-45 vote, two Democrats and one independent supported the bill, as they did on Tuesday, but other senators who were viewed as possible defectors opposed the extension, which would reopen the government for seven weeks.
The outcome, short of the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a Senate filibuster, signals that Democrats are giving
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