The Senate voted Friday to advance a bill funding the government through September and averting a government shutdown, thwarting an effort by some Democratic lawmakers who had wanted to use a shutdown threat to curtail President Trump's mass firing of federal workers.

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. The votes came after a dramatic 48-hour period during which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., broke with most House and Senate Democrats, announcing he would support moving forward on the bill one day after he declared it didn't have the votes. Schumer ultimately voted no on final passage of the legislation. The bill, which cleared the House on a party-line vote earlier this week, will keep the government funded through Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Under pressure from his left flank and House Democrats to block the GOP funding package, Schumer had kept his…

The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to advance a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown. Ten Democrats joined Republicans in the vote despite anger over Trump's workforce reduction campaign.

The Senate approved the House-passed stopgap bill on Friday despite significant Democratic division.

WASHINGTON: The US Senate appeared closer Friday (Mar 14) to avoiding an economically damaging government funding shutdown after the Democrats' top leader shied away from a major confrontation with President Donald Trump, prompting backlash from the left. Democrats are smarting over Trump's radical spendin

WASHINGTON: The US Senate appeared closer Friday (Mar 14) to avoiding an economically damaging government funding shutdown after the Democrats' top leader shied away from a major confrontation with President Donald Trump, prompting backlash from the left. Democrats are smarting over Trump's radical spendin

The U.S. Senate appeared closer Friday to avoiding an economically damaging government funding shutdown after the Democrats' top leader shied away from a major confrontation with President Donald Trump, prompting backlash from the left. Democrats are smarting over Trump's radical spending cuts which have shredded entire sections of government and…

The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, who faced what they saw as an awful choice: shut the government down or consent to a Republican funding bill that allows President Donald Trump to continue slashing the federal government. After Schumer announced Thursday that he would reluctantly support the bill, he bore the brunt of that anger, including a protest at his office, calls from progressives that he be primaried in 2028 and suggestions that the Democratic Party would soon be looking for new leaders.

Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats joined Republicans to avert a shutdown with just hours to spare.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, who faced what they saw as an awful choice: shut the government down or consent to a Republican funding bill that allows President Donald Trump to continue slashing the […]

The Democratic Party appears fractured as a torrent of frustration and anger has been unleashed on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

The government will shut down at midnight Eastern time if lawmakers do not pass a spending resolution

The Senate voted on a key procedural motion regarding the House-passed stopgap spending bill on Friday. If a measure is not passed by midnight, the government will enter a shutdown.

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside Republicans to advance a House GOP spending bill that would keep the government open for another six months, beyond the midnight shutdown deadline.

Senate Republicans led the passage of legislation that will avert a government shutdown.Nine Democrats voted to avoid a filibuster, despite strong

Democratic leader Chuck Schumer voted alongside all Republicans in a key procedural vote to advance House Republicans’ spending bill that would keep the government open for another six months, beyond the midnight shutdown deadline.