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Update: The Senate passed the continuing resolution by a vote of 54-46.
Original article:
In yet another embarrassing defeat for Chuck Schumer and his merry band of Democrats, the Senate passed a motion to limit debate on the continuing resolution previously passed by the House to fund the government through September.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) was the 60th vote to pass the motion.
The vote was 62-38, exceeding the 60-vote threshold.
With the debate ending, the Continuing Resolution is sure to pass a floor vote, thus funding the government for another six months.
Last week, Democrats were gambling that President Trump couldn’t secure the votes to pass the CR in the House. Yet the House passed the CR in a 217-213 vote on Tuesday, which sent Senate Democrats scrambling.
Then, on Wednesday, a chest-thumping Schumer boldly declared that “Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR.”
Spoiler alert: They actually did.
“Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort,” Schumer continued. “But Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their continuing resolution without any input from congressional Democrats.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune expertly called Schumer’s bluff, sending Democrats scrambling for cover.
