After 10 PM EST on Friday, The U.S. Senate rejected a deal that would fund the U.S. government for another month:
Only five Democrats voted to advance the bill — Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.), who are all up for reelection this year in states carried by President Trump in 2016 election, and newly-elected Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.).
Republicans were also not united, as Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Mike Lee (Utah) and Jeff Flake (Ariz.) also voted against advancing the legislation. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who is battling brain cancer, was absent.
The procedural vote remained open late Friday, though it needed 60 votes to pass and was well short of that number with 48 senators voting against it.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer continued to negotiate after the vote opened (archive), but no deal has been reached yet. As of midnight (5 minutes before this story went live), the government shutdown was in effect.
At Wikipedia: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Government shutdowns in the United States.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Sulla on Saturday January 20 2018, @05:10AM (1 child)
Using 2017 Expenditures as the basis it looks like in the past 10 minutes I have saved 20 cents in taxes. For my whole family looks like a $1.
Cigar++
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @05:34AM
The man's anus once again squirted out some feces. However, did that mean it was his? No, it was mine. All mine. I immediately jumped on top of the hunk of feces and began impregnating it! The fecal womb squeezed my fetid little friend, causing me to feel immense pleasure. Ah, too good! Too good, too good, too good!