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Senate advances bill to prevent shutdown

A group of 10 Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), voted Friday to advance a Republican bill to fund the government through Sept. 30.

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The pivotal procedural vote, which passed 62-28, puts the bill on a glidepath to pass the Senate sometime Friday night, despite fierce opposition from many Democrats.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced an agreement shortly before 4:30 p.m. Friday to vote to immediately advance the House-passed funding bill and consider four amendments to the legislation, all of which were expected to fail.

How we got here:

• Schumer opened the door for some Democratic colleagues to vote to advance the bill by announcing Thursday that he would do so to avoid a government shutdown.

• He warned a shutdown would give Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk — Trump’s chief budget cutter — tremendous leverage to keep federal employees out of work and to keep federal agencies shuttered for weeks, or even months.

Schumer’s decision to vote to advance the bill, which he acknowledged Thursday is a “very bad” bill, has sparked an angry backlash from Democratic progressives and House leaders.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) warned that Schumer would be making a “tremendous mistake.”

After learning of Schumer’s decision, Ocasio-Cortez told reporters that “there is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal.”

Read the full report at TheHill.com.

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