Source: David Lerman, ROLL CALL, 12/11/20


The Senate cleared a stopgap funding measure Friday to avert a partial government shutdown starting this weekend. The voice vote to send the bill to President Donald Trump's desk came after hours of negotiations with senators who had threatened to hold up the spending Band-Aid to push action on various other priorities. Leaders beat back efforts to attach measures over military policy, blocking lawmakers' pay during a budgetary impasse...

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