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.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @04:44PM (3 children)
When they sent "non-essential" personel home did they send Trump home or is he still at Mar-a-Lago golfing?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @05:07PM (2 children)
You seriously need to ask? He'll be at Mar-a-lago "working harder than Obama ever did".
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @07:27PM (1 child)
Obama was a better golfer and didn't need to practice as much. Trump swings like a rusty gate.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @02:51AM
Trump plays with his putter too much.