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 @SenateMajLdr filed cloture on the following nominations:
1. Jerome Powell to be chair of fed reserve.
2. Alex Azar to be Sec of HHS.
3. Sam Brownback to be Ambassador at large for religious freedom.Senate will convene on Tuesday at 12:00 noon.
Recess 12:30-2:15 p.m.— Senate Press Gallery (@SenatePress) January 22, 2018
“Senate Democrats helped advance a stopgap bill after a G.O.P. pledge to continue immigration talks,” reports the NYT.
Dianne Feinstein on today’s vote, the government shutdown and lack of resolution on Dreamers. “For me, this is one of the most crushing things that has happened to me in the Senate,” Feinstein, who has served in the body for the past quarter century, just told me.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 22, 2018
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.
BREAKING: Senate voted 81-18 to extend govt spending deadline to Feb. 8, House expected to act ~ 6 p.m. and send it to Trump, allowing govt to REOPEN
Key issues like immigration and the bitter months-long fight over this fiscal year's budget aren't unresolved and rage on.
— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) January 22, 2018
Senator Susan Collins was just told in a scrum that Ted Cruz claimed to be consistently against government shutdowns. She stood there, mouth literally agape, for several seconds before saying "you've rendered me speechless."
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) January 22, 2018
The Senate vote on the CR is still open because Sens Manchin and Jones are at the WH meeting with Trump discussing immigration.
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) January 22, 2018
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
One of @SenatorCollins’ office tchotchkes, a ceramic elephant, was damaged during this stick exercise. Via @FoxReports and @CNNPolitics https://t.co/yIBhMTnqe1
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) January 22, 2018
Not surprised the woke 2020 aspirants like @senwarren, @CoryBooker voted against the deal. A little surprised @MartinHeinrich, @SenatorTomUdall voted for it given huge Hispanic pop in NM. #fb
— Matthew Cooper (@mattizcoop) January 22, 2018
This shutdown was kind of a return to DC normalcy. We got back to being pointlessly gridlocked but in a boring familiar way, rather than a “I hope we don’t get nuked over a tweet” way.
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) January 22, 2018
Manchin on mtg w/Trump on immigration mtg: “He was in a very attentive, listening mood.” He & Sen Jones met w/Trump, WH CoS Kelly, WH aides Miller/Short & DHS Sec Nielsen
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) January 22, 2018
Sen. @TedCruz reminded me today that he wrote "an entire book" detailing the 2013 shutdown. I said, "I know, I have it." He paused and turned to another reporter, "He's not even pretending to have read it. That was really mean. 'I have it,' like it's a great paperweight."
— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 22, 2018
