"On Friday, the US Senate reconvened before a weekend recess to vote yet again on a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded through November 21. Republicans have touted the resolution as a clean budget bill, maintaining the status quo. But Democrats have said they will refuse to consider any bill that does not consider healthcare spending. By the end of the year,"
"Only three senators splintered from the party caucus: Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Democrat John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Independent Angus King of Maine. On the Republican side, Senator Rand Paul also refused to vote alongside members of his party. His concern, he said, was how the spending would contribute to federal debt. The result was a vote of 54 to 44 in the 100-seat Senate chamber, far short of the 60 votes Republicans need to overcome a Democratic filibuster to scuttle the bill."
The US entered its third day of a government shutdown as the Senate again failed to pass a continuing resolution to fund government through November 21. Republicans presented the measure as a clean budget bill preserving the status quo, while Democrats refused to consider any bill that did not address healthcare spending. Affordable Care Act subsidies are slated to expire by year-end, a change expected to spike insurance premiums, and Democrats urged reversal of earlier Medicaid cuts. The Senate vote was 54-44, far short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster; only Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman and Angus King broke with Democrats, and Rand Paul opposed Republican unity over debt concerns.
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