The bill passed in the Senate 74-24, with almost all Democrats and roughly half of the Republican members in favor.
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill in the early hours of Saturday morning, with numerous Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues in approving the bill to avert a government shutdown.The vote, 74-24, in the Senate was concluded at approximately 2 a.m. on Saturday, after the funding bill passed in the House of Representatives late Friday morning.
The list of Republican who crossed the aisle to join the majority of their Democratic colleagues is as follows: John Boozman of Arkansas Katie Britt of Alabama Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia Bill Cassidy of Louisiana Susan Collins of Maine John Cornyn of Texas Tom Cotton of Arkansas Kevin Cramer of North Dakota Joni Ernst of Iowa Deb Fischer of Nebraska Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Chuck Grassley of Iowa John Hoeven of North Dakota Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi Mitch McConnell of...
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