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| US Senate adjourns without approving spending bill, ensuring government shutdown | |
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| After moving forward to consider the House-approved funding bill with $5.7bn for a US-Mexico border wall, the US Senate has adjourned for the night without voting, meaning a partial government shutdown will begin at midnight. | |
| There were 47 votes in favor and 47 against when Pence cast the decisive vote on Friday evening. The floor had stayed open for over five hours, as senators rushed back to Washington, DC to voice their opinion on the measure passed in the House of Representatives the day before, allocating $5.7 billion to fund the border wall. It was reportedly the longest floor vote in modern Senate history. | There were 47 votes in favor and 47 against when Pence cast the decisive vote on Friday evening. The floor had stayed open for over five hours, as senators rushed back to Washington, DC to voice their opinion on the measure passed in the House of Representatives the day before, allocating $5.7 billion to fund the border wall. It was reportedly the longest floor vote in modern Senate history. |
| Democrats, however, remain opposed to any funding for Trump’s wall proposal, now or ever. | Democrats, however, remain opposed to any funding for Trump’s wall proposal, now or ever. |
| “The wall does not have 60 votes, let alone 50 votes,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said on the floor after the vote. | “The wall does not have 60 votes, let alone 50 votes,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said on the floor after the vote. |
| The continuing resolution would require the approval of 60 senators, and the Republicans currently hold 51 seats. Democrat and Republican leadership did agree, however, that the next roll call will be on the actual spending bill, rather than another procedural vote. | The continuing resolution would require the approval of 60 senators, and the Republicans currently hold 51 seats. Democrat and Republican leadership did agree, however, that the next roll call will be on the actual spending bill, rather than another procedural vote. |
| Less than six hours remain before the congressionally approved funding for about a quarter of US government functions runs out, leaving approximately 800,000 federal workers in a lurch on the weekend before the Christmas holiday. | Less than six hours remain before the congressionally approved funding for about a quarter of US government functions runs out, leaving approximately 800,000 federal workers in a lurch on the weekend before the Christmas holiday. |
| The House of Representatives adjourned at 7 pm local time on Friday and is scheduled to reconvene Saturday, meaning that only a Senate vote agreeing with the previously passed House bill – without revisions that would require another House vote – can avert a shutdown at this point. | The House of Representatives adjourned at 7 pm local time on Friday and is scheduled to reconvene Saturday, meaning that only a Senate vote agreeing with the previously passed House bill – without revisions that would require another House vote – can avert a shutdown at this point. |
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