A small band of senate democrats voted with republicans on monday night to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government — without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an. The us senate has passed a crucial funding bill that could bring the longest government shutdown in history to an end within days While the bill to reopen government still has to pass the house — and then needs president donald trump’s signature — the senate was the tallest hurdle. The senate passed a revised stopgap funding bill to move toward ending the shutdown on monday, sending the legislation back to the house for consideration as lawmakers in the lower chamber return.
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