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A government closure was avoided only a few hours before the deadline on Friday at 11:59 pm after sufficient Democrats, including Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., helped Republicans Defeat the filibuster.
The senators voted 54-46 to approve the Stopgap spending bill, which only needed 51 votes to be approved. Almost all Republicans supported the measure, with only Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., Oppose. All Democrats opposed, with the exception of Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Dn.H. The independent senator Angus King of Maine, who is hunted with the Democrats, also voted to approve the bill.
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The Senate previously received a key procedure vote on a bill of stop expenses, which needed to comply with a threshold of 60 votes to advance, also known as the legislative filibuster.
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Schumer received an important setback from the Democrats for his decision to advance in the CR. (Elizabeth Frantz/Pool through AP)
Republicans of the House of Representatives The short -term law project approvedcalled a continuous resolution at the beginning of the week. The bill will follow spending levels in the same way as the fiscal year (for fiscal year) 2024 until October 1.
If an expense bill will not be approved on the deadline of Friday, the Government would enter a partial closure.
During a partial government closure, federal agencies and non -essential services would be stopped. However, government functions considered “essential” would continue. National Security protocols, such as the border patrol, the application of the law and the response to disasters, remain active during the stops, for example.
The vote on Friday night to approve the six months CR occurred after an earlier critical procedure vote in the afternoon. A handful of Senate Democrats provided the Republican majority for the necessary votes to overcome the filibuster and advance with the Stopgap spending bill.
Dem heard colleagues shout despite the claim of the Schumer unit while the closure is coming
Schumer and Trump. (AP/Getty Images)
Deep divisions arose within The Democratic Party in recent days, even with the minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, Dn.y., refusing to answer questions about whether I had confidence in Schumer.
In one of several meetings of the Caucus of the Senate, a senator shouted strong enough to be heard outside the heavy and thick wooden doors. The press identified the voice as belonging to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, DN.Y., but his office did not confirm.
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The Senate approved the Stopgap bill of the House of Representatives on Friday. (Reuters)
Before his approval, Senator John Fetterman, D-PA., Criticized his companions Democrats for his “not” planned votes that risked a government closure.
“It was not a long time before we were giving lectures that you could never close to the government. So, that is a bit inconsistent,” journalists told Thursday.
Fetterman firmly opposed a closure. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, INC through Getty Images)
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Before the final vote, 10 Democrats joined almost all Republicans to overcome the legislative filibuster. Those senators were the leader of the Chuck Schumer Senate minority, DN.Y., the Senate minority, Dick Durbin, D-Bill., And Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, Brian Shatz, D-Hawaii, Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., John Fetterman, D-Pa., Gary Peters, D-Mich. Dn.y. and Jeanne Shaheen, Dn.H.
The senators managed to overcome the threshold of 60 votes, with a final margin of 62-38.
