Republicans in the Senate succeeded in passing a Trump-endorsed budget resolution on a straight party-line vote of 51 to 48 at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, were the only Republicans to vote against it. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., did not vote.
The resolution’s passage is an important step in advancing a bill that would help fulfill many of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises: providing funding for border and defense, as well as renewing his 2017 tax cuts, among other things.
The vote followed a long “vote-a-rama” that began Friday evening. Lawmakers were allowed to introduce myriad amendments during the period of debate.
Democrats were predictably furious. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., used the vote-a-rama as a political messaging tool, criticizing Republicans for voting down his…
