The Senate Thursday night handed the stopgap funding invoice to avert a authorities shutdown.
The Senate voted 69-28 to cross the interim invoice that may fund the federal government till February 18.
U.S. Senate PASSES CR funding authorities by way of February 18, 2022, 69-28.
Goes now to the President.
Present spending authority expires Friday at Midnight ET. pic.twitter.com/y4W6RbmTgn
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Senator Mike Lee held a vote on an modification to ban federal cash getting used to fund Biden’s vaccine mandates, nevertheless it failed 48-50.
Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell stopped a showdown within the higher chamber by convincing sufficient Republicans to vote for the stopgap invoice with out making modifications.
Listed here are the 19 Senate Republicans who voted with the Democrats after McConnell rallied them:
Roy Blunt
Richard Burr
Shelley Capito
Invoice Cassidy
Susan Collins
John Cornyn
Lindsey Graham
Cindy Hyde-Smith
John Kennedy
Mitch McConnell
Jerry Moran
Lisa Murkowski
Rob Portman
Mike Rounds
Marco Rubio
Richard Shelby
Thom Tillis
Roger Wicker
Todd Younger
Earlier Thursday the Home voted 221-212 to cross the interim invoice – All Democrats voted “yea” and one RINO Republican – Adam Kinzinger (shocker) voted with the Democrats.
The stopgap invoice, which allocates a further $7 billion for Afghan ‘refugees,’ will head to Joe Biden’s desk for a signature.