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.

The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare Friday as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending cuts voted to keep the lights on through September.

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

WASHINGTON: The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare on Friday (Mar 14) as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending

The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce. After days of heated debate, top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer broke the logjam on Thursday…

The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff with the Trump administration.

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

Younger Democrats are chafing at and increasingly complaining about what they see as the feebleness of the old guard’s efforts to push back against President Donald Trump.

Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and making a politically painful decision. But the backlash from his party was intense.

Senate passes Republican-led spending bill, averting government shutdown, despite Democratic opposition, sending it to President Trump for approval.

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much worse."

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.