The Senate has just passed the 2-year budget deal that they couldn’t get passed before the government shutdown began: 71-28. Now the bill heads to the House:
BREAKING: Senate passes budget deal 71-28. The bill now heads to the House.
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) February 9, 2018
The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 71-28 has PASSED the bipartisan budget deal
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) February 9, 2018
The Senate has approved the bipartisan budget deal. The vote was 71 to 28. The plan now goes to the House in the next few hours for approval.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 9, 2018
If you’re still awake in a couple of hours you might get to see the House vote on the bill. I for one won’t be awake:
House now advising mbrs to expect votes between 3 and 5 am et.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 9, 2018
Once the bill passes the House, it will go to President Trump for his signature and we’ll have reopened the government and spent a lot of dang money doing it. Great job Republicans.
Not.
As an aside, Paul said his purpose was not to shut down the government:
UPDATE: Here’s the Republicans who voted against the new expensive budget proposal:
“16 Republicans voted no: Senators Burr, Cassidy, Corker, Crapo, Daines, Enzi, Flake, Grassley, Johnson, Kennedy, Lankford, Lee, Paul, Risch, Sasse, and Toomey.”
16 Republicans voted no: Senators Burr, Cassidy, Corker, Crapo, Daines, Enzi, Flake, Grassley, Johnson, Kennedy, Lankford, Lee, Paul, Risch, Sasse, and Toomey. https://t.co/bG4rOt1Ved
— Senate Press Gallery (@SenatePress) February 9, 2018
RELATED: Here’s who voted against cloture for the same bill:
CORRECTION - 15 Republicans and 10 Democrats, 1 Independent, voted against cloture on the combo budget/CR bill pic.twitter.com/OSLl1mwazQ
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) February 9, 2018