US Senate passes funding bill hours before government shutdown deadline, sending to Trump for signature — 123 posts — The True Story

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Ten Democratic senators joined Republicans in breaking a filibuster.
HuffPost
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President Trump on Friday congratulated Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) for opting to vote to advance the House-Republican drafted six-month government funding bill, despite pushback from liberal colleagues.
The Hill
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US senators agreed Friday, March 14, to move forward with a bill backed by President Donald Trump to keep the government funded, greatly reducing the chances of a feared weekend government shutdown, as opposition from the minority Democrats collapsed.
Le Monde
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House Republicans passed the bill on an almost exclusively party-line vote, with many House Democrats objecting to the spending cuts and the fact that it was negotiated without them, criticisms also leveled by Democrats in the Senate.
The Independent

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