WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate on March 14 advanced a House-approved bill to keep the government open hours before a shutdown is set to begin.
After days of speculation about its ultimate fate in the upper chamber, the Senate invoked cloture on the bill in a 62–38 vote on Friday afternoon. Ten Democrats joined 52 Republicans in advancing the legislation, clearing the 60 votes needed to bypass the filibuster.
Alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sens. Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Angus King (I-Maine), Gary Peters (D-Mich), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) backed the package....
