The Senate on Friday voted 62-38 to end debate on a continuing resolution to fund the government through September, all but guaranteeing final passage of a GOP-crafted bill that would avoid a partial federal shutdown.
Nine Democrats and one nominal independent who caucuses with them helped push the Republican-backed bill over the finish line. Democrats crossing party lines were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand; Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois; Sens. Gary Peters of Michigan, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire; and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, along with Sen. Angus King, I-Maine.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the only Senate to vote “no.”
In the leadup to the cloture vote on the continuing resolution, Democrats such as Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep….
