Senate Passes Stopgap Bill
The Hill reports:
Passage gives White House and Republicans three more weeks to reach a spending deal for the year.
The Senate on Thursday approved legislation to fund the government for three more weeks, sending the measure to the White House.
The 87-13 vote gives President Obama, and congressional Republicans and Democrats another short window to reach a deal on a measure to fund the government for the rest of the year.
The outcome in the Senate was similar to a vote earlier this month that funded the government for two weeks.
Only four more senators voted against the measure on Thursday compared to the earlier vote on March 1, when nine senators voted no.
Nine Republicans, three Democrats and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) voted against the measure on Thursday.
The GOP no votes came from Sens. John Ensign (Nev.), Jim Inhofe (Okla.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Sen. Jim Demint (S.C.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), Jim Risch (Idaho), Mike Crapo (Idaho) and Mike Lee (Utah). Ensign, Inhofe, Rubio and DeMint voted in favor of the earlier bill.
Sens. Jay Rockefeller (W.V.), Carl Levin (Mich.) and Patty Murray (Wash.) were the Democratic no votes.
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