#Shutdown to end, Senate votes to reopen government, #Dreamers in limbo

The Senate voted to reopen the government after 81 senators broke a Democrat-led filibuster that shut it down for 2 days and 17 hours. The fate of the 'Dreamers' is still undetermined. A crucial House vote to end the shutdown is next.

“Senate Democrats helped advance a stopgap bill after a G.O.P. pledge to continue immigration talks,” reports the NYT.

Democrats agreed to vote with Republicans to fund the government through February 8, in exchange for the GOP's promise, for whatever it's worth, to address the fate of young undocumented immigrants born in the United States who have become known as “Dreamers.” Their fate is not yet known.

Check out their live vote tracker to see how each lawmaker voted.

From Reuters' coverage:

Legislation to renew government funding easily cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate and was expected to pass both the Senate and House of Representatives, allowing government to reopen through Feb 8.

Most Democratic lawmakers had initially opposed the funding bill, demanding that the Senate also approved protections for young undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers.”

Democratic leaders — worried about being blamed for a disruptive shutdown — accepted a Republican promise to hold a full Senate debate over immigration and the 700,000 Dreamers who were brought to the United States illegally as children.

Trump again mocked Democrats as he gloated over the end to the federal shutdown.

“I am pleased that Democrats in Congress have come to their senses,” Trump said in a statement. “We will make a long term deal on immigration if and only if it’s good for the country.”

PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gestures to reporters after lawmakers struck a deal to reopen the federal government three days into a shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis