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Senate vote: List of Democrats who voted with Republicans on shutdown bill

A handful of Democratic lawmakers in the Senate voted alongside Republicans on a bill to temporarily end the federal government shutdown on Monday, now sending it to the House of Representatives. The ... Read More

Democrats Should Have Let Republicans Kill the Filibuster

Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic. Senator Tim Kaine, one of eight Democrats who voted to end ... Read More

Which 6 House Democrats voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown?

WASHINGTON ‒ Six House Democrats voted with Republicans on Nov. 12 to pass a funding bill to reopen the federal government, bucking most of their party to end the nation's longest-ever shutdown. The ... Read More

John Fetterman sides with GOP in Senate vote, says Democrats ‘crossed a line’ putting politics over country

Sen. John Fetterman is defending his decision to break with Democrats and side with Republicans to end the longest government shutdown in history, saying his party went too far by putting millions of ... Read More

Fetterman, 7 other Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown

WASHINGTON ‒ Eight Senate Democrats broke from their ranks and joined with Republicans to vote for a deal to reopen the government late Sunday. The group includes Democrats from the party’s moderate ... Read More

The divisive Senate bill to end shutdown and GOP doubts over redistricting: Morning Rundown

The Senate passes legislation to reopen the government as eight Democrats break with their party. Some members of the GOP wonder if the party should reconsider its redistricting strategy after ... Read More

Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans to send it to the House

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation Monday night to reopen the government and end the record-long shutdown after eight Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans to break the ... Read More

When the dust settles on the shutdown deal, Democrats will likely still have the edge

On its face, the likely beginning of the path to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is a major Democratic capitulation. Most congressional Democrats were against the deal that eight ... Read More

Senate government shutdown deal leaves many Democrats furious, with little to show on health care after 40 days

Washington — The decision by eight Democratic senators to embrace a deal to end the government shutdown has infuriated many members of the party, with critics saying the lawmakers abandoned the 40-day ... Read More