
Via Daily Caller:
The Senate passed a bill to keep the government funded through early February early Monday afternoon, putting a swift end to a three-day shutdown that left hundreds of thousands of government employees without pay.
The bill keeps the government funded through Feb. 8 and provides a 6-years of funding for roughly 9 million children’s health insurance.
Some 81 senators voted in favor of the bill, with 18 Senate Democrats and 2 Republicans voting against the bill, including:
- Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
- Cory Booker of New Jersey
- Cortez Mastro of Nevada
- Dianne Feinstein of California
- Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
- Kamala Harris of California
- Mazie Hirono of Hawaii
- Patrick Leahy of Vermont
- Ed Markey of Massachusetts
- Bob Menendez of New Jersey
- Jeff Merkley of Oregon
- Chris Murphy of Connecticut
- Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Independent)
- Jon Tester of Montana
- Ron Wyden of Oregon
- Mike Lee of Utah (Republican)
- Rand Paul of Kentucky (Republican)
