Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Gary Peters of Michigan, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Chuck Schumer of New York joined independent Sen. Angus King of Maine and every Republican except Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky to move the bill forward.
Senators voted down four amendments to the bill before it went to a final floor vote, where it passed in 54-46 vote.
Shaheen and King voted with Republicans, minus Paul, to send the continuing resolution to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
The procedural vote came after a crop of younger congressional Democrats in both chambers railed against Schumer for having signaled his opposition to the Republican agenda earlier this week — only to reverse course within 24 hours.