House-passed continuing resolution defeated by Senate Democrats for 12th time
The bill failed by a vote of 54-46, as 60 votes were needed to move the process forward. Three members of the Democratic caucus voted once again to reopen the government.
Senate Democrats voted Wednesday for the 12th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the government and fund it through Nov. 21.
The vote followed Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley’s nearly 23-hours of holding the floor of the Senate, speaking in protest of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, similar to what his colleague, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, did earlier in the year.
The bill failed by a vote of 54-46, according to The Hill, as 60 votes were needed to move the process forward. Three members of the Democratic caucus voted once again to reopen the government: Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Independent Sen. Angus King, Maine. And again, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the only Republican to oppose the measure.
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