US Senate passes Republican funding bill to dismay of House Democrats

The Senate on Friday approved a Republican bill to fund federal agencies through September, averting a government shutdown hours before the midnight deadline after Democrats relented. The bill passed the Senate in a 54-46 vote, overcoming steep Democratic opposition. It next goes to Donald Trump to be signed into law. The result infuriated Democratic activists, who accused the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, of squandering the little leverage they have to defy Trump and his billionaire ally, Elon Musk, as they seek to dismantle large swaths of the federal government. But Schumer said a funding lapse presented an even worse

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