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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhich six caved
and what reason did they give.. I know chuck, who else?
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DonCoquixote
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CanonRay
(15,132 posts)1. Cortez-Masto, Gillibrand, Durbin, Hassan, King, Fetterman, Peters, Schatz, Shaheen, and Schumer
Ten cowards
DonCoquixote
(13,797 posts)2. gillibrand?
God..if we still had al franken he would not have voted this way.
Aoc, please primary Gillibrand.
CanonRay
(15,132 posts)3. Yes indeed.
House of Roberts
(5,907 posts)4. Al Franken's replacement is Tina Smith.
Smith apparently did not vote for the cloture, as you believe Franken would not have also, so that wasn't a vote that would have changed.
Gillibrand took over Hillary Clinton's New York seat. (Just so I know you're straight on that)
Celerity
(48,652 posts)5. 10 caved (counting the Dem caucusing independent Angus King). King and Shaheen also voted Yes on the actual bill.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-vote-republican-funding-bill-government-shutdown-rcna196412
WASHINGTON The Senate passed a six-month funding bill Friday to avert a government shutdown hours ahead of the midnight deadline, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law.
The vote was 54-46, with two Democrats joining all but one Republican in voting yes. Earlier Friday, the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle with the help of 10 Democrats in a 62-38 vote. Sixty votes were needed to defeat a Democratic filibuster.
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In addition to Schumer, nine other Democrats voted to advance the bill: Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Gary Peters of Michigan, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats.
But just two of those Democratic Caucus members Shaheen and King voted yes on the underlying funding bill. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was the only Republican to oppose the bill on both the procedural and final votes.
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WASHINGTON The Senate passed a six-month funding bill Friday to avert a government shutdown hours ahead of the midnight deadline, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law.
The vote was 54-46, with two Democrats joining all but one Republican in voting yes. Earlier Friday, the bill cleared a key procedural hurdle with the help of 10 Democrats in a 62-38 vote. Sixty votes were needed to defeat a Democratic filibuster.
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In addition to Schumer, nine other Democrats voted to advance the bill: Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Gary Peters of Michigan, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats.
But just two of those Democratic Caucus members Shaheen and King voted yes on the underlying funding bill. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was the only Republican to oppose the bill on both the procedural and final votes.
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